1836 Project Advisory Committee

House Bill 2497, passed by the 87th Texas Legislature, established The 1836 Project as an advisory committee to promote patriotic education and increase awareness of the Texas values that continue to stimulate boundless prosperity across this state.

• 1836 Project Pamphlet
• 1836 Project Report

Members

• Dr. Don Frazier— Chair
• Senator Brandon Creighton — Vice Chair
• Dr. Carolina Castillo Crimm
• Commissioner Jerry Patterson 
• Greg Sindelar
• Sherry Sylvester
• Walter "Mac" Woodward, Jr.

• Meetings

January 5, 2022 - 10AM

Texas State Capitol, Room E1.012, Austin Texas

• Official Meeting Posting 
• Agenda
• Adopted Rules
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording

March 2, 2022 – 11AM

The Alamo, 300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio Texas

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Audio Recording: 1836 Project Meeting (YouTube)
• Presentations
  • Kate Rogers, Executive Director, Alamo Trust
  • Shalon Bond, President, Texas Council for Social Studies
  • Monica Martinez, Associate Commissioner of Standards and Support Services
  • Dr. Lloyd Potter, Texas State Demographer
  • Mark Wolfe, Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission

April 1, 2022 – 10:30AM – Telling the Texas Story Subcommittee

Scarlett-Phillips Room, Logan Library, Schreiner University, Kerrville, Texas

• Official Meeting Posting
• Minutes

April 21, 2022 – 10AM

Texas State Capitol, Room E1.016, Austin Texas

• Official Meeting Posting    
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording
• Presentations
  • Rod Welch, Executive Director, Texas State Preservation Board
  • Ali James, Curator of the Texas Capitol, Texas State Preservation Board
  • Margaret Koch, Director, Bullock State History Museum
  • The Honorable Ken Wise, 2nd Vice President, Texas State Historical Association

June 22, 2022 – 9AM

Texas State Capitol, Room E1.012, Austin Texas

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording

August 29, 2022 – 1PM

Texas State Capitol, Room E1.012, Austin Texas

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording

December 13, 2022 - 2:30PM

Texas State Capitol, Room E1.012, Austin Texas

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording

November 28, 2023 – 1PM

Texas State Capitol, Room E1.012, Austin Texas

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording

February 21, 2024 – 1PM

African American Museum of Dallas, Lower-level Auditorium, Dallas Texas

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes

July 1, 2024 – 11:30AM

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Education Credit Union History Studio (Room C114) , Canyon Texas

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording

October 3, 2024 - 1PM

Sam Houston Memorial Museum - Katy and E. Don Walker Education Center
1402 19th Street, Huntsville, TX 77340

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording

January 29, 2025 - 1:15PM

University of Austin - 522 Congress Ave, STE 300, Austin, TX 78701

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording

May 2, 2025 - 12:30 PM

Texas A&M International University - Western Hemisphere Trade Center Conference 125, University of Texas A&M International, Laredo, TX 

• Official Meeting Posting
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Meeting Recording (Coming Soon)