From the desk of Jan Hommel, Museum Director: What was America’s first and only “family feud”? (War Between the States) The nation’s bloodiest and most divisive war was fought not against a foreign aggressor but between citizens of the United States. It was not a “civil war” as it is most often called because the […]

First graders played ISpy at the museum while learning about the different wars and Presidents. We used our math skills to count buttons, flags, musical instruments and many other items.                     

Happy Texas Independence Day March 2, 1836 From the desk of Jan Hommel, Director of the American Freedom Museum: The Texas Declaration of Independence was produced, literally, overnight. Its urgency was paramount, because while it was being prepared, the Alamo in San Antonio was under siege by Santa Anna’s army of Mexico. The document was […]

A is for airplane, B is for boots, C is for cannon! Mrs. Spradlin, Mrs. Newman and Mrs. Overbeek’s Kindergarten classes came for their first tour of the American Freedom Museum today. The Museum’s Alphabet Soup tour introduces our youngest students to America’s story. We made 3 full trips through the galleries in the museum. […]

From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director: Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos visited the American Freedom Museum on Thursday and also spent time speaking to a group of Brook Hill juniors and seniors. Secretary Cascos encouraged the students to register to vote and stressed what a difference one vote can make […]

From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director: On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President, was born in Hardin County, Kentucky. President Lincoln led the nation through the tumultuous Civil War, freed the slaves, and composed the Gettysburg Address. In 1863, during the American Civil War, President Lincoln established Thanksgiving […]

From the desk of Jan Hommel, Museum Director: There is a cartoon I have run across several times while thumbing through a magazine in a waiting room and it still makes me smile every time I see it. It is a picture of two young Eskimos that are ice fishing. The one on the right […]

From the desk of Jan Hommel, Museum Director: During the beginning of World War 1, mobility was very limited for the troops. The development of many new types of warfare allowed the troops more defensive strategies to use throughout the war. One of the biggest examples of this is trench warfare. During trench warfare, the […]

Mr Moore’s Humanities class recently finished Beowulf. In an effort to connect this literature to American history, students compared the different battles within the story of Beowulf with the battles America has fought since it was founded as a nation. Students observed similarities in acts of valor, speeches, causes, effects, and even motivations.

From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director: If it has been more than a week since you stopped by the American Freedom Museum, you have missed one of our newest additions. Is that a helicopter I hear? The Museum has recently added a sound box to the outdoor helicopter exhibit. The box […]

Forty-Five high school students from John Paul College High School in Brisbane, Queensland, visited Brook Hill this week. Students began their time with us by touring the American Freedom Museum. They were very interested in gaining more knowledge and hearing about the historical journey of their longtime friend and ally, the United States. They toured […]

From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director: At 7:55 a.m. on December 7, 1941, a Japanese dive bomber appeared out of the clouds above the U.S naval base at Oahu Island’s Pearl Harbor. A swarm of 360 warplanes, launched from six aircraft carriers, followed and began a fierce attack on the base […]