James Butler Bonham Programs
Unless otherwise noted, chapter meetings are held the second Friday of the month at
University Park Public Library, 3rd Floor, 8383 Preston Center Plaza Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75225.
Refreshments and fellowship begins at 10:00 a.m. The meeting starts at 10:30 a.m.
FRIDAY, September 12, 2025
Topic: Getting to know the Daughters
FRIDAY, October 10, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Danny Reeves
Topic: The Alamo Letter Society
FRIDAY, November 14, 2025
Speaker: Kenneth Holmes
Topic: The Callahan-Blassingame Incident
FRIDAY, December 12, 2025
Holiday Luncheon 11 a.m. (off site)
Topic: Christmas on the Frontier: Early Texas Holiday Traditions
FRIDAY, January 16, 2026
James Butler Bonham Chapter Birthday Celebration
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Torget
Topic: Rise & Destruction of Nineteenth-Century Galveston
FRIDAY, February 13, 2026
Speaker: Paula Jarrett Nasta
Topic: Women in historic preservation
FRIDAY, March 13, 2026
Speaker: Errol Flannery
Topic: Davy Crockett descendant and reenactment
FRIDAY, April 10, 2026
San Jacinto Day Luncheon honoring New Members 11 a.m. (off site)
Speaker: Dr. Paul Spellman
Topic: The Old 300 Gone To Texas
FRIDAY, May 8, 2026
Speaker: Jacob Schick, USMC Veteran, Actor, CEO One Tribe Foundation
Topic: Memorial May, Service Above self


Texas Honor Days
January 26 - Mirabeau B. Lamar Day
February 19 - Texas Statehood Day
March 1 - CRT Founder's Day
March 2 - Texas Independence Day
March 6 - Alamo Heroes Day
March 27 - Goliad Heroes Day
April 21 - San Jacinto Day
May 14 - Treaties of Velasco Day
August 2- Nacogdoches Day
September 18 - Texas Heroes Day
3rd Saturday in September - Texian Navy Day
October 2 - Gonzales Day
November 3 - Stephen F. Austin's birthday
November 6 - DRT Founder's Day
December 9 - Siege of Bexar Day


Meeting Location
The James Butler Bonham Chapter meets on the 2nd Friday of every month from 10-12:30PM unless otherwise noted.
Dallas
University Park Public Library
8383 Preston Center Plaza, 3rd Floor Dallas, TX 75225
