City of Eagle Pass to host “La Revolucion Mexicana en la Frontera” Pictorial Exhibit at Fort Duncan Museum on November 19th

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015

In commemoration of the 105th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, the City of Eagle Pass, Texas together with the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Relations, Fort Duncan Museum, and Main Street Program are hosting an important historical pictorial exhibit titled “La Revolucion Mexicana en la Frontera” on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 5:30 P.M. at Fort Duncan Museum in Eagle Pass.

Many of the persons involved in the Mexican Revolution passed through or stayed in Eagle Pass and/or had family members living in Eagle Pass, causing the sister U.S.-Mexico border cities of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico to play a vital role in the Mexican Revolution, said Joe Cruz, Main Street Program Director.

“The City of Eagle Pass, Secretariat of Mexican Foreign Relations, Fort Duncan Museum, and Main Street Program have put together a pictorial exhibit of photographs of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, depicting the critical time period of the Mexican Revolution,” said Cruz.  Admission is free and open to the public, added Cruz.

The Fort Duncan Museum is under new management by Museum Curator Jeff Taylor and has been updated with new exhibits depicting the history of Eagle Pass, Fort Duncan, and Maverick County, Texas.  The museum is open Monday through Saturday from 11 A.M. through 5 P.M.  The museum is open to the public.

“We have put together a fascinating collection of historical photographs and newspaper articles reflecting the interesting events and moments lived by Eagle Passans and Piedras Negrans during the Mexican Revolutionary period, 1910-1920,” said Taylor.  “We welcome the public to this most exciting historical collection of the Mexican Revolution,” added Taylor.