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42nd Annual Western Heritage Day

May 1, 2024 Landry French

Hardin-Simmons University picked up its cowboy hat and gave a great, big yeehaw on April 25, 2024, for the 42nd annual Western Heritage Day.

4,150 attendees visited campus to travel back in time to experience a fun and educational day.Ìý

Western Heritage Day aims to educate and celebrate the culture of the Big Country’s past through interactive demonstrations and hands-on learning.

Students learned how to wash clothes with a water pump and washboard.

Western Heritage Day aims to educate and celebrate the culture of the Big Country’s past through interactive demonstrations and hands-on learning. This free event, geared toward elementary and pre-k-aged children, is offered to the community each year.Ìý

Western Heritage Day featured a wide array of attractions: sheep shearing, a petting zoo, longhorn viewing, a traditional chuckwagon with cooking demonstrations, a branding pit, quilt-making, and more!

Familiar groups to ĵµ¤Ö±²¥, such as the Six White Horses and the Cowboy Band, joined the festivities, too. The Cowboy Band gave a particularly enthusiastic performance at the show and imbued the event with ĵµ¤Ö±²¥â€™s own cowboy spirit!Ìý

Gifts from the Guy Caldwell Endowment for Western Heritage and the Lee and Lou C. Evans Endowment for Western Heritage make Hardin-Simmons University’s Western Heritage Day possible.Ìý

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