MOSTHistory participates in national program

Special to the Advance

EDINBURG — The Museum of South Texas History is now participating in the Blue Star Museums, a program offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer through Labor Day, Sept. 2, 2024.

“The museum is a repository for important documents emanating from the military service of numerous South Texas veterans, and we want active-duty military personnel and their families to have easy access to those documents,” said MOSTHistory CEO Francisco Guajardo.

Currently on exhibit is Sgt. González’s Marine uniform, Purple Heart and two letters he wrote from Vietnam to his mother, Dolia González.

Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the NationalEndowmentfortheArts,BlueStarFamilies, the Department of Defense and participating museums across America. For a list of participating museums, visit arts.gov/BlueStarMuseums.

The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military—Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force, members of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAACommissioned Corps, and up to five family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), DD Form 1173-1 ID card or the Next Generation Uniformed Services (Real) ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum.

For upcoming programs at MOSTHistory, please visit www.mosthistory.org/events or call (956) 3836911.

About Museum of South Texas History

The Museum of South Texas History is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It is located downtown Edinburg at 200 North Closner Boulevard on the Hidalgo County Courthouse square. Founded in 1967 as the Hidalgo County Historical Museum in the 1910 Hidalgo County Jail, the museum has grown over the decades through a series of expansions to occupy a full city block. In 2003, following the completion of a 22,500 square foot expansion, the museum was renamed the Museum of South Texas History to better reflect its regional scope. Today, the museum preserves and presents the borderland heritage of South Texas and northeastern Mexico through its permanent collection and the Margaret H. McAllen Memorial Archives and exhibits spanning prehistory through the 20th century. For more information about MOSTHistory, including becoming a FRIEND, visit MOSTHistory.org, like on Facebook and Instagram, follow on Twitter, find on YouTube or call (956) 383-6911.

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