September 27, 2018 - Bill O’Neal gave a history of Texas in World War I to the Shelby County Museum on October 18, 2018. He first gave the group a parameter on world war. There had not been a war in nearly a century since the Napoleonic War which lasted into the early 1800s. This spilled over to the United States for War of 1812. World War I started in 1914 in Europe. The fighting lasted more than 4 years. When the United States got into the war in April of 1917, the war was 2 ½ years old at that time and the United States was only in the war for 1 ½ years. The U.S.

September 21, 2018 (Flyer) - A fundraiser for the Cecily Memorial Scholarship Fund is going on now! Tickets are available for a custom Race Engine BBQ Grill for $5 each or 5 for $20.