The Honor of Memory: The 150th Anniversary of Sam Houston's Death and Funeral

Friday, July 26th
Lecture: Death and Dying in the 19th Century
By Hal Simon, Interpretive Planner, Texas Historical Commission
6:30 Reception; 7:00 pm lecture
Katy & E. Don Walker, Sr. Education Center

Saturday, July 27th
9:00 am- Noon:
Steeamboat House open for guests to tour & pay respects
9:00 am- 1:30 pm:
Special displays from Hal Simon & the National Museum of Funeral History in the Wigwam Neosho Museum Store
1:30 pm- 2:00 pm:
Masonic funeral reenactment in the Main Museum Rotunda
2:00 pm:
Closing remarks
(Museum open from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm)