Garland’s Heritage Crossing Wins Texas Recreation & Park Society Award

Garland's Heritage Crossing Department was honored with the Arts and Humanities Programming Achievement Award at the North Region Conference of the Texas Recreation & Park Society on Nov. 4. The award was presented for this year's exhibit MUMENTOUS: Celebrating Tradition in Garland.

Heritage Crossing partnered with the Texas Historical Commission's Lakes Trail Region to bring the Texas-sized exhibit to Garland City Hall. MUMENTOUS traveled through time to show the evolution of homecoming mums and memories of high school traditions. The exhibit showcased artifacts from the Garland Landmark Museum archive and the Garland community, including more than 100 mums and garters, and featured items related to football and homecoming, such as cheer uniforms, spirit ribbons and yearbooks. MUMENTOUS also included a full schedule of programs to accompany the exhibit, including a free homecoming film series, mum masterclasses and workshops, book signings and special lectures.

Heritage Crossing thanks the many City of Garland departments, Garland Independent School District, author and presenter Amy Schultz, the Texas Historical Commission's Texas Lakes Trail Region and the wonderful Garland community for their help in making this exhibit possible.

Pictured left to right: Sara James, Carlotta Barnes, Emily Gray and Heather Lambert accept the Arts and Humanities Programming Achievement Award at the North Region Conference of the Texas Recreation & Park Society, held in Denton.