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Leon Claire Metz: Guardian of El Paso's Memory and the Case for a Lasting Honor

Leon Claire Metz was more than a historian—he was the keeper of El Paso's memory. For decades, he documented the people, places, and events that shaped the Borderlands, giving voice to stories that might...

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From Dust to Light: How Freemasonry Took Root in El Paso

When seven weary horsemen crested the edge of the Rio Grande valley in 1852, there was little more than dust, mesquite and danger. The men, led by Joel L. Ankrim, carried a Masonic charter...

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Builders of the Desert: Reimagining El Paso Through Its Own Story

El Paso has always been a city of builders. Long before modern development, Indigenous communities engineered trade networks across the desert. Spanish settlers constructed missions and irrigation systems that still define the region. Mexican...

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The Gaspar Enriquez Community Center

El Paso’s own renowned artist, Gaspar Enriquez, has created art all his life. We were honored to have visited with him to learn about his life, his passion, and talk about the recent opening...

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The Gaspar Enriquez Community Center Opening

El Paso’s own renowned artist, Gaspar Enriquez, has created art all his life. We were honored to have visited with him to learn about his life, his passion, and talk about the recent opening...

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Howdy everyone. In this issue I’d like to take a few moments to share with you a little history about the Pledge’s. We just finished commemorating Veterans Day; a celebration dedicated to all our Vets of all the conflicts. We celebrate the Vets and their families for many reasons. Mostly because without them, who knows what language we might be speaking. Or what codes of conduct, morays, political persuasions, or religions we might be coerced or even forced to follow. Besides our flags’ stars and stripes, what elevates our esprit de corps or patriotism? The Pledge of Allegiance and our National Anthem immediately come to mind. And like 16 other states, our Texas Pledge of Allegiance. So where did they come from and why?

Let me share a little of this great history with you. Let’s start with the Pledge of Allegiance. A Civil War veteran named Captain George T. Balch wrote the first version in 1885 which...

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Happenings at Keystone Heritage Park

El Paso is full of many under-explored sites, Keystone Heritage Park located at 4220 Doniphan is one of them. The botanical garden and archaic wetlands, sits amid a 52-acre archeological site in El Paso’s...

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ATOMIC BLOSSOM…PRETTY & TOUGH

When she’s not busy as a clinical assistant for the El Paso Health Department, working with El Paso’s HIV prevention program, Kristy Young, aka ‘Atomic Blossom’, spends numerous hours doing what she loves doing...

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A Message From Rabbi Stephen A. Leon

As days and weeks continue to pass since the horrific day of infamy which took place on October 7th when a sworn enemy of Israel and the Jewish people namely the terrorist group Hamas...