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Friends of the Texas Historical Commission, Inc.
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After first implementing an interpretive pilot project at Crystal City, the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission (THC) will develop a second phase to interpret World War II confinement camps throughout Texas. THC will focus attention on the confinement sites at Kenedy, Seagoville, Fort Sam Houston and Fort Bliss, due to their lack of recorded documentation and deteriorating physical remains. The THC will organize public outreach meetings; conduct research, documentation, and oral histories; and develop online virtual tours to promote public awareness and heritage tourism of the camps. In addition, the THC will create 20,000 travel guides for the confinement sites in Texas, and distribute these brochures to state and local tourism venues and visitor information centers, as well as to the THC's regional heritage tourism offices. The project also includes the installation of official Texas Historical Markers at the four noted sites.