Fort Concho Speaker Series returning every Wednesday in April

Rosanna Fraire, San Angelo Standard-Times
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The Fort Concho Speaker Series is returning every Wednesday in April 2024. Here's what to know.

Each presentation will happen from noon to 1 p.m. each Wednesday in the Fort Concho Commissary, 702 Burgess Street, according to a news release.

Admission is free and open to the public. Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunches.

Fort Concho Education Director Chris Morgan plays the bagpipes for attendees during a speaker series event at Fort Concho in September 2015.
Fort Concho Education Director Chris Morgan plays the bagpipes for attendees during a speaker series event at Fort Concho in September 2015.

Here is the full schedule:

  • Wednesday: “The Total Solar Eclipse” by Joyce Gray, Texas master naturalist and “Chief Joseph and the Long Trail” by Carl Brockmann, local historian.

  • April 10: “The Coming of the Railroad to the Concho Valley” by Charles Anderson, local historian.

  • April 17: Special music – "The Battle Song of San Jacinto" performed by Monte Jonesand “Old Homes of San Angelo” by Lisa Mahler, local historian.

  • April 24: “Archaeology Stewards – Volunteers Saving Texas History” by Callan Clark, steward with the Texas Archaeological Stewardship Network.

For more information, call 325-657-4441 or visit fortconcho.com.

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