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20250129 2022 10 08 Living History Day DSC03508 webTexas Southmost College will host its latest installment of its beloved Living History Day on Saturday, February 1, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the TSC South Hall Lawn. The event is free and open to the public.

Since 2017, Living History Day has been an event that treats visitors to sights and sounds of the past, celebrating the impact of both global and local historical eras. Visitors are encouraged to wear their best historical time-period costumes, meaning that it’s not uncommon to see Roman centurions, Norse Vikings, and colonial soldiers wandering the grounds, often taking time to pose for pictures with guests. Instructors and TSC clubs also take part in the event, setting up booths with history-themed games and information.

20250129 2022 10 08 Living History Day DSC03273 webAdditionally, as has become a tradition for the event, volunteers from the Palo Alto National Battlefield Historical Park will be on hand at the event to conduct firings of their historically preserved cannon, intermittently between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. It is a collaboration which provides a greater degree of local historical context to the event.

“The driving forces behind organizing this event have been to expose our community to a variety of periods throughout history, providing a diversity of ideas and education to the community in an interactive way, as well as educate about local area history as part of Hispanic Heritage Month,” said Dirk Yarker, TSC History instructor and co-organizer of the event. “The volunteers are here not only to operate the cannon but also to share their wealth of knowledge about the region and the many significant historical events that have occurred here.”

The event will take place on the Texas Southmost College South Hall Lawn located at 80 Ft. Brown St., in Brownsville.

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Dirk Yarker, TSC History Professor and co-organizer of Living History Day, strikes a pose while adorned in replica ancient Roman armor and armaments. Photo courtesy of Texas Southmost College.

Volunteers from the Palo Alto National Battlefield Historical Park use their preserved cannon to take part in a firing demonstration - an often-anticipated feature of the past few iterations of Living History Day. Photo courtesy of Texas Southmost College.

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