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Category: What Makes Texas, Texas?

What Makes Texas “Texas”?: Fairs, Festivals & Feasts

January 1, 2021 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

It takes a place as big as Texas to host the kind of year-round fun and excitement offered by the…

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Posted in: Features, What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: big tex, state fair of texas, texas festivals, texas state fair

What makes Texas “Texas”: Fa-la-la-Lone Star

November 30, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

The Lone Star State is big on many kinds of traditions. Roots run deep for everything from ranching to sports,…

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Posted in: Features, What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: christmas in texas, fruitcake, luminarias, texas christmas traditions

What Make’s Texas “Texas”: Talkin’ Texan

October 31, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

Texas is big enough to be its own country. In fact, our land area is larger than 155 whole countries.…

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Posted in: What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: texas, texas sayings, texas slang

What Makes Texas “Texas”? • Pageantry

October 2, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

Say what you will, the traditional notions of gentility and feminine grace are still appreciated and practiced in many places.…

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Posted in: Features, What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: brittany tiner

What makes Texas “Texas”? • Got Brisket?

September 4, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

If you find a Texas town without a barbecue place, look around, you may have inadvertently driven over the state…

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Posted in: Features, What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: barbacoa, john brotherton, smittys barbecue, texas barbecue

What makes Texas “Texas”? • Friday Night Lights

August 8, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

TEXAS FOOTBALL MATH: Two Texas high schools, each in a town with 6,000 residents, play football against each other. Equals 20,000…

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Posted in: Features, What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: dallas cowboys, dallas texans, high school football, longhorn football, permian high school, texas football

What Makes Texas “Texas”? • Juneteenth: America’s Second Independence Day

July 10, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

On June 19-20, the City of Georgetown held its annual Juneteenth celebration.  Community members, Myriad civic groups, churches, and local…

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Posted in: Features, What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: emancipation day, georgetown celebrates, georgetown cultural citizen memorial association, juneteenth, paulette taylor, reverend ronald meyers

What Makes Texas “Texas”? • Everything’s Bigger

June 11, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

It should surprise no one that “Everything is bigger in Texas” was propagated as much by people outside the state…

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Posted in: Features, What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: big tex, buc-ees, everythings bigger in texas

What Makes Texas “Texas”? • Texas Search and Rescue

May 16, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon 1 Comment

Many states and municipal organizations across the United States have Search and Rescue (SAR) teams with varying skills and responsibilities. …

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Posted in: What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: search and rescue, shawn hohnstreiter, TEXSAR

What Makes Texas “Texas”? • Official State Emblems

April 1, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon Leave a comment

OFFICIALLY TEXAN While not an exhaustive list, here are a few of our favorite “Texas Official State…” emblems and activities.…

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Posted in: Features, What Makes Texas, Texas? Filed under: official texas dessert, official texas dish, official texas sport, official texas vehicle

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