Texas Southmost College will host its latest installment of its beloved Living History Day on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at the TSC South Hall Lawn from 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Since 2017, Living History Day has been an event that treats visitors to sights and sounds of the past, celebrating the impact of both global and local historical eras. Visitors are encouraged to wear their best historical time-period costumes, meaning that it’s not uncommon to see Roman centurions, Norse Vikings, and colonial soldiers wandering the grounds, often taking time to pose for pictures with guests. Texas Southmost College Instructors and TSC clubs also take part in the event, setting up booths with history-themed games and information.

Additionally, as has become a tradition for the event, volunteers from the the Palo Alto National Battlefield Historical Park will be on hand at the event to conduct firings of their historically preserved cannon. It is a collaboration which provides a greater degree of local historical context to the event.

“The driving forces behind organizing this event have been to expose our community to a variety of periods throughout history, providing a diversity of ideas and education to the community in an interactive way, as well as educate about local area history as part of Hispanic Heritage Month,” said Dirk Yarker, Texas Southmost College History instructor and co-organizer of the event. “The volunteers are here not only to operate the cannon but also to share their wealth of knowledge about the region and the many significant historical events that have occurred here.”

  • What: Living History Day 2025
  • Where: Texas Southmost College South Hall Lawn
    80 Ft. Brown St, Brownsville, TX 78520
  • When: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM / Saturday, February 1, 2025.
  • Event schedule: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM