Perry: Defund Texas Arts, Historical Commissions

The nearly 60-year-old Texas Historical Commission is the 200-worker agency that installs and maintains nearly 12,000 historical markers statewide and administers federal and state preservation statutes. It’s a key player in the work to rebuild the arson-damaged Governor’s Mansion and, notably, disagreed with a plan backed by first lady Anita Perry to build an addition onto the Governor’s Mansion (the addition was later scaled back).
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The agency also oversees archaeological projects like the excavation and restoration of the Belle, a ship that sank in 1686 in Matagorda Bay. The ship was part of a failed expedition by French explorer La Salle, and the Historical Commission has called it one of the most important shipwrecks ever discovered in North America.
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