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The Texas State Historical Association will host its 128th Annual Meeting in College Station on February 28–March 2, 2024 at the Texas A&M Conference Center. Registration will open Fall 2023.

Held each year since the Association's founding, TSHA's Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of its kind for Texas history enthusiasts and professional and independent scholars. This event offers a range of opportunities for individuals and organizations working in historical, cultural, preservationist, and tourist services. In addition to 120 speakers and more than 30 panels, the conference includes eight banquets and receptions, multiple offsite tours, and additional special events that enable attendees to engage with our host city's unique history and culture. Visit https://am.tsha.events/ for more information. [End Page 340]

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When Lawrence W. Minor arrived in the spring of 1878 at what would become Prairie View A&M University, he found the only structure for classrooms and offices to be the old main house of Alta Vista Plantation, known as Kirby Hall for the family who previously owned the property. Image Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University

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This issue marks another changing of the guard for the Southwestern Historical Quarterly (SWHQ) and the "Southwestern Collection." Ryan Schumacher stepped down after fifteen years as managing editor of the SWHQ and the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) Press. He provided invaluable support and service during a period of many changes in the TSHA, including a sojourn in Denton and the implementation of new bylaws that restructured TSHA publication processes. We wish him the best of luck in all his future endeavors.

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The TSHA will host its 128th Annual Meeting at College Station on February 28–March 2, 2024, at the Texas A&M University Conference Center. Held each year since the TSHA's founding, the Annual Meeting remains the largest of its kind for Texas history enthusiasts and professional and independent scholars. The event offers a range of opportunities for individuals and organizations working in historical, cultural, preservation, and tourist services. More than 700 people regularly attend and another 170,000 TSHA members and constituents are reached through email and social and traditional media about the event. In addition to speakers and panels, the Annual Meeting includes banquets and receptions, multiple offsite tours, and additional special events that enable attendees to engage with our host city's history and culture. Information about registration is at https://tsha.wildapricot.org/event-5312433.

The 2024 San Jacinto Symposium, sponsored by the TSHA, will take place April 26-27, 2023, in Houston, Texas. It begins with the famous Patrons Dinner, to be held at the Coronado Club on Friday, April 26. All guests will be treated to cocktails, a fine dinner, and a wonderful presentation by featured speaker Carolina Castillo Crimm. The location for the Symposium itself on April 27 has not been decided, but the theme is "The Days Leading Up to the Battle." The speakers will be Jeff Dunn, Gregg Dimmick, Don Frazier and a panel focusing on the Tejano side of the story. The panel members have yet to be determined.

The latest issues of Texas Historian and Touchstone are out, and they look great! The latter includes the top submissions by middle and high school students for Texas History Day, and the latter presents essays written by college and university students in Texas. There are chapters of Texas Historians for the younger students in many schools across Texas, and many institutions of higher education in the Lone Star State have chapters of the Webb Society for their students. If you are interested in hosting or sponsoring a chapter of either organization, please contact our Director of Education at lisa.berg@tshaonline.org. [End Page 342]

Speaking of Texas History Day, if you or someone you know is interested in judging for the main event on Saturday, April 20, 2024, email thd@tshaonline.org. This is a big day for many young Texans, and some lucky winners will go to Washington, DC, to compete at National History Day in June 2024. This year's theme is "Turning Points in History...