Join the McFaddin-Ward House Museum for “America 250: A Beaumont History,” a free public lecture presented by Judith Walker Linsley on Thursday, November 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the Museum’s Visitor Center Lecture Hall (1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont).

In commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary, Linsley, a sixth-generation Southeast Texan and local historian, will explore the fascinating story of Beaumont, beginning with the Indigenous Ishak people and traveling through the Texas Revolution, the 1901 Spindletop oil boom, and technological and industrial expansions leading up to the modern day.

For nearly four decades, Linsley has been a member of the McFaddin-Ward House Museum staff, serving in a range of roles in interpretation, education, curation, and research, including her current role as research assistant. She has also conducted more than 100 oral history interviews for the Museum.

A Lamar University alumna with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Master of Arts in History, Linsley served as the second director of Lamar’s Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast and has been an adjunct instructor of both Texas and U.S. history at Lamar.

McFaddin-Ward House Museum lectures are admission-free and open to the public, but space is limited. Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, call 409-832-2134.