PALACIOS – Beginning Sept. 28, Palacios Area Historical Association will present “Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas in World War II,” an exhibition created by the School of Journalism and Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin and produced by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Through images and stories, this 12-panel exhibition provides a historical overview of U.S. Latino participation in World War II.
In addition to photographs from the project’s archives, “Images of Valor” incorporates contemporary photographs of men and women of the WWII generation by photojournalist Valentino Mauricio.
The exhibition focuses on individual stories that reveal larger themes such as citizenship and civil rights and features excerpts from the more than 500 oral history interviews that were part of the project.
The exhibition will be open to the public from Sept. 28 to Oct. 22.
For more information about viewing hours or to arrange group visits, contact
Katie Hutto, museum coordinator at (361)972-1148.
Humanities Texas develops and supports diverse programs across the state, including lectures, oral history projects, teacher institutes, traveling exhibitions and documentary films.
For more information, please visit Humanities Texas online at http://www.humanitiestexas.org or call 512.440.1991.
