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Donald Eric Capps (January 30, 1939 – August 26, 2015) was an American theologian and William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Biography [ edit ]
Big Tex presided over every Texas State Fair since 1952 until it was destroyed by a fire in 2012. Since then a new Big Tex was created. "Texas-sized" describes something that is about the size of the U.S. state of Texas, [318] [319] or something (usually but not always originating from Texas) that is large compared to other objects of its type.
By 2019, 47 states and the District of Columbia recognized Juneteenth, [95] although as of 2020 only Texas had adopted the holiday as a paid holiday for state employees. [ 96 ] In June 2019, Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Wolf recognized Juneteenth as a holiday in the state. [ 97 ]
March 20 – April 23 (floating Friday using Computus) – State Holiday, Observed on Good Friday; November 23–29 (Friday after Thanksgiving) – State Holiday, formerly Robert E. Lee Day (observed in other states around January 19) [65] December 24 – Washington's Birthday observed. If December 24 is a Wednesday, then this holiday is ...
Goliad State Park and Historic Site: Goose Island State Park: Aransas 321.4 acres (130 ha) 1935 Goose Island State Park: Government Canyon State Natural Area: Bexar 12,085 acres (4,891 ha) 1993 Government Canyon State Natural Area: Guadalupe River State Park: Comal, Kendall 1,938.7 acres (785 ha) 1983 Guadalupe River State Park: Hill Country ...
Telegraph room, White House, 1923. The White House Communications Agency (WHCA), originally known as the White House Signal Corps (WHSC) and then the White House Signal Detachment (WHSD), was officially formed by the United States Department of War on March 25, 1942 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The current Texas State Capitol is the fourth building to serve that purpose in Austin. The first was a two-room wooden structure (located on the northeast corner of 8th St and Colorado St) which served as the national capitol of the Texas Republic and continued as the seat of government upon Texas' admission to the Union.
Occupy Texas State is a student activist group formed at Texas State University - San Marcos. It is distinguished from the off-campus but allied Occupy San Marcos.. Occupy Texas State utilizes the principles of peaceful protest that began on October 5, 2011 in the Quad around the "Fighting Stallions".