Join us on Monument Hill Remembrance day for an engaging history lecture by Dr. Frank de la Teja!
11 a.m. - Erasmo Seguín, A Neglected Texas Founding Father
Remembered now mostly as the father of Texas Revolution Tejano military leader Juan Seguín, Erasmo also played a pivotal role in the development of Mexican Texas. Among his various contributions was his service as Texas's representative at the constitutional congress in Mexico City that created the Federal Constitution of 1824. This talk, focusing on Erasmo Seguín, emphasizes the role of Tejanos in the formative period of Texas's modern history.
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About the Speaker
Jesús F. “Frank” de la Teja is Regents’ Professor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Texas State University in San Marcos, where he was also director of the Center for the Study of the Southwest. He obtained the Ph.D. in Latin American history from the University of Texas at Austin, and between 1985 and 1991 he worked in the Archives and Records Division of the Texas General Land Office. He has published extensively on Spanish, Mexican, and Republic-era Texas, and has served on the board of directors, as president, and as executive director of the Texas State Historical Association. He was the inaugural Texas State Historian (2007-2009), is a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association and the Texas Catholic Historical Society, a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and the Philosophical Society of Texas, an honorary member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas and an honorary admiral in the Texas Navy.