Preserving the Webber Family history & the role they played in aiding Freedom Fighters in the Underground Railroad into Mexico & the Webber Cemetery

Joined June 2023
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We're very grateful to the #ReynosaArchives, Dr. Martín Salinas & his fantastic staff for hosting us in April. We found records that tell us more about the Silvia Hector Webber Story. Keep posted for more on the work we’re doing through the Mellon Foundation! @MellonFdn #history
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On our trip in Coahuila and Nuevo León Mexico!!! #SharedHistories #Nacimiento #Coahuila #Mascogos #CasaDeLaCultura #wfpptx #archives @MellonFdn @SavingPlaces @tealrolonda
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Happening today! Come listen to some great information from Dr. Hammack and Dr. Teal. #SavingPlaces #DHS #UGRR #wfpptx @SavingPlaces @DHSHallofState
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March 6, @DHSHallofState will have Dr. Maria Hammack and Dr. Rolanda Teal speaking for #WomensHistoryMonth on the Women Who Helped Craft the Underground Railroad. @SavingPlaces #UGRR #BlackHistoryMonth #SavingPlaces #PAAM
Come out March 6 to Dallas Historical Society and listen to Dr. Hammack & Dr. Teal speak on the Women Who Helped Craft the Underground Railroad into Mexico! Exhibit will run at Plano African American Museum until May 7 #WomensHistoryMonth #Blackhi
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Come out March 6 to Dallas Historical Society and listen to Dr. Hammack & Dr. Teal speak on the Women Who Helped Craft the Underground Railroad into Mexico! Exhibit will run at Plano African American Museum until May 7 #WomensHistoryMonth #Blackhi
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We are excited to announce the Webber Family Preservation Project has been awarded a grant from the Mellon Foundation. See the press release below for more information or visit our website Wfpptx.org. Follow to keep updated on the work we are starting! #mellon #UGRR
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Webber Family Preservation Project retweeted
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Happy Juneteenth! Silvia Hector Webber was a formerly enslaved woman who helped others to freedom in southern Texas. Also known as the “Harriet Tubman of Texas,” her story is at the center of a new exhibit at UT Austin. @PriscillaWT has the story.
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Proud to announce Webber Family Preservation Project in collaboration with the Briscoe Center @ UT-Austin present the free exhibit "Freedom Papers" featuring the rare freedom papers of Silvia Hector-Webber. @LeslieT85967893 @LorienTinuviel @joshkoskoff #Webber
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Happy Thanksgiving, from our family to yours!
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Need a quick gift or White Elephant gift? Got you covered. $20 donation for ea. $25 gift card. $40 donation for the $50 gift card. All gift cards are digital and will be emailed. Donations are tax deductible. Click the link below to select your item. givebutter.com/c/EUdgTs/auct…
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This is live now! Get these tickets for the next homestand. We appreciate your support!
DFW people or anyone wanting to go to a Texas Rangers game. Starting tomorrow the Webber Family Preservation Project will have 4 ticket vouchers for auction. $100 value. Follow the link below to place your bids. givebutter.com/c/EUdgTs/auct… @lesl
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DFW people or anyone wanting to go to a Texas Rangers game. Starting tomorrow the Webber Family Preservation Project will have 4 ticket vouchers for auction. $100 value. Follow the link below to place your bids. givebutter.com/c/EUdgTs/auct… @lesl
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Juneteenth Observance 2023 at Restlawn Memorial Cemetery, Edinburg, Tx
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We are set up, sharing our history, and raising funds!
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The Webber Family Preservation Project is a Texas approved nonprofit IRS 501(c)(3) organization that was established to preserve, research & educate about the Webber Family of Texas and the Freedom Fighters they aided in the Underground Railroad into Texas.
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