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Local election results for the Dallas area

Voters rejected multiple ballot propositions in North Texas

News

Statewide results dominated local and national news last night, but North Texas also had some big outcomes.The big picture: Voters in U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett&#x27;s district <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="elected Dallas pastor Frederick Haynes III" data-vars-click-url="https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/texas-us-house-results/#30" data-vars-content-id="23ed7fa3-d504-440e-aeb0-38714e3be876" data-vars-headline="Local election results for the Dallas area" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/texas-us-house-results/#30" target="_blank">elected Dallas pastor Frederick Haynes III</a> as her successor. Colin Allred <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="won his bid" data-vars-click-url="https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/texas-us-house-results/#33" data-vars-content-id="23ed7fa3-d504-440e-aeb0-38714e3be876" data-vars-headline="Local election results for the Dallas area" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/texas-us-house-results/#33" target="_blank">won his bid</a> to return to the U.S. House.

What Tuesday's election results mean for Texas

We take a look at the policy winners and losers of the tectonic Texas election.

With Democrats <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="snatching political power" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2026/11/04/how-texas-went-democratic" data-vars-content-id="2d53d458-8a27-4cf7-bcdc-04f1010eb6db" data-vars-headline="What Tuesday&#x27;s election results mean for Texas" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2026/11/04/how-texas-went-democratic" target="_self">snatching political power</a> in Texas from the GOP, a raft of issues — from <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="abortion access" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2026/10/22/texas-abortion-ban-advocates-asking-for-mom" data-vars-content-id="2d53d458-8a27-4cf7-bcdc-04f1010eb6db" data-vars-headline="What Tuesday&#x27;s election results mean for Texas" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2026/10/22/texas-abortion-ban-advocates-asking-for-mom" target="_self">abortion access</a> to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="THC" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/06/16/texas-thc-delta-8-rulings-explainer" data-vars-content-id="2d53d458-8a27-4cf7-bcdc-04f1010eb6db" data-vars-headline="What Tuesday&#x27;s election results mean for Texas" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/06/16/texas-thc-delta-8-rulings-explainer" target="_self">THC</a> — will suddenly be in play after the new year.Why it matters: The extent of the Texas Democratic wave came into sharper focus Wednesday.

How Democrats swept North Texas

Democrats won the four most populous North Texas counties.

Democrats won big in Texas this week, including in North Texas counties with a long history of voting red.Why it matters: Some political science experts predicted the Democratic Party would make headway in the Lone Star State, but they did not expect Democrats to win every statewide race.

Dallas-area Halloween pop-ups and drink specials

Halloween pop-ups, parties and specialty cocktails are plentiful across North Texas.

Food and Drink

North Texas has its share of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="spooky stories and creepy places" data-vars-click-url="https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/most-haunted-places-in-dallas-texas-12496712/" data-vars-content-id="23f4375a-a3c1-4fb1-97de-a59c9f24c648" data-vars-headline="Dallas-area Halloween pop-ups and drink specials" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/most-haunted-places-in-dallas-texas-12496712/" target="_blank">spooky stories and creepy places</a>, and an equally impressive lineup of Halloween-themed drinks.Why it matters: Because ghouls deserve a toast, too.

This flight engineer's career is ready for takeoff

Kathryn Hedrick helps maintain Diamond Lil, a 1940s-built B-24.

History

Kathryn Hedrick has spent the last few years educating herself and other people about World War II aircraft. The irony: She wasn&#x27;t even alive for the war — she was born 55 years later.Why it matters: The nonprofit <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Commemorative Air Force" data-vars-click-url="https://commemorativeairforce.org/pages/About-the-CAF" data-vars-content-id="cda4cc0e-b7b6-459e-a2d5-8edefd3dfabc" data-vars-headline="This flight engineer&#x27;s career is ready for takeoff" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://commemorativeairforce.org/pages/About-the-CAF" target="_blank">Commemorative Air Force</a> displays and flies historic military aircraft, educating the public about warplanes.

North Texans' 9/11 memories, 25 years later

Readers' memories of the day are still vivid.

The 9/11 attacks were a defining moment in our country&#x27;s history, bringing intergenerational trauma and pain that haunts Americans to this day.Yes, but: 25 years later, not everyone is able to answer, &quot;Where were you when 9/11 happened?&quot;

'Regrettable': How Mexico views the Texas Revolution

Texas' fixation on the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo might not go both ways.

Texans have remembered the Alamo for 190 years, but the state&#x27;s revolution appears to be a blip in Mexico&#x27;s centuries-long history.Why it matters: Texas public school students spend fourth grade learning about the state&#x27;s history, including lessons about the state&#x27;s Indigenous roots and colonial era. Teachers spend weeks on the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo.

Dallas exhibit shows how Disney helped the U.S. military during World War II

Walt Disney Studios helped boost morale among American civilians and troops.

The Allied powers got help from Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Dumbo to rally the troops during World War II.Why it matters: A <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="new exhibit" data-vars-click-url="https://www.dhhrm.org/disney/" data-vars-content-id="c9752408-203d-4e35-b589-f4274dfaf54b" data-vars-headline="Dallas exhibit shows how Disney helped the U.S. military during World War II" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.dhhrm.org/disney/" target="_blank">new exhibit</a> at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum examines how Walt Disney Studios helped boost morale among American civilians and troops more than 80 years ago.

AT&T celebrates 150 years since the first telephone call

An exhibit this week at the company's headquarters in Dallas tells the history of the telephone.

A phone call made in Boston 150 years ago laid the foundation for the telecommunications industry we know today.Why it matters: Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell&#x27;s first phone call to his assistant Thomas Watson on March 10, 1876, led to the establishment of the Bell Telephone Co., which evolved into the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., now known as AT&amp;T.

Historic Black neighborhood was one of Plano's earliest communities

The Texas community was established before Juneteenth.

Culture

Before Juneteenth, a Black neighborhood in Plano was on its way to becoming one of the city&#x27;s most vibrant communities.Why it matters: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Formerly enslaved people" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2020/12/01/slavery-ancestor-project-to-expand" data-vars-content-id="5d30cffe-73f2-4946-8f28-5b4b742e929a" data-vars-headline="Historic Black neighborhood was one of Plano&#x27;s earliest communities" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2020/12/01/slavery-ancestor-project-to-expand" target="_self">Formerly enslaved people</a> Andy Drake and Mose Stimpson established the community — later named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass — as a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Black enclave in the early 1860s" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2022/06/17/juneteenth-texas-roots-opal-lee" data-vars-content-id="5d30cffe-73f2-4946-8f28-5b4b742e929a" data-vars-headline="Historic Black neighborhood was one of Plano&#x27;s earliest communities" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2022/06/17/juneteenth-texas-roots-opal-lee" target="_self">Black enclave in the early 1860s</a>.

Dallas and Fort Worth's most notable couples

Valentine's Day is a perfect time to look at the couples who have made history in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Love — for better or worse — has shaped North Texas. Why it matters: Valentine&#x27;s Day is a perfect time to look at the couples who have made history in Dallas-Fort Worth. <ul><li>Some have their names etched on the side of concert halls, others have fought for equal rights. </li></ul>What they&#x27;re saying: Dallas retailer Stanley Marcus once wrote his wife, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mary &quot;Billie&quot; Cantrell" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/stanley-marcus-the-retailer-from-dallas-is-dead-at-96.html" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/stanley-marcus-the-retailer-from-dallas-is-dead-at-96.html" target="_blank">Mary &quot;Billie&quot; Cantrell</a>, about how depressed he felt being away from his family during World War II. <ul><li>&quot;But maybe the sun will shine this week, but whether it does or not I&#x27;ll be thinking of you,&quot; <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Marcus wrote" data-vars-click-url="https://blog.smu.edu/smulibraries/2019/02/08/love-is-in-the-air-war-time-letters-between-stanley-marcus-and-his-wife-billie/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://blog.smu.edu/smulibraries/2019/02/08/love-is-in-the-air-war-time-letters-between-stanley-marcus-and-his-wife-billie/" target="_blank">Marcus wrote</a>.</li></ul>Reality check: Not every love story is inspiration. Some North Texas couples are remarkable for how horribly their relationships ended. <ul><li>From outlaws to reality TV stars to philanthropists, here are some of the most intriguing North Texas couples:</li></ul><h2 class="text-h6 !font-sans !font-normal !leading-[1.2em]">Infamous duos</h2>Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are likely the most famous Dallas couple of all. They took their love on the road, robbing banks and gas stations.<ul><li>They were killed by officers in 1934 in Louisiana. People still frequent Parker&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="West Dallas grave" data-vars-click-url="https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2024/04/the-bonnie-and-clyde-guide/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2024/04/the-bonnie-and-clyde-guide/" target="_blank">West Dallas grave</a>.</li></ul>Fort Worth oil tycoon Cullen Davis and his wife, Priscilla Davis, may have once loved each other, but their relationship ended in one of the area&#x27;s most notorious murder trials.<ul><li>Their divorce was pending in 1976, when Priscilla&#x27;s boyfriend and daughter were killed in her mansion. Priscilla, who was wounded in the attack, claimed <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="her estranged husband" data-vars-click-url="https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1977/march/priscilla-davis-cullen-davis-murder-story/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1977/march/priscilla-davis-cullen-davis-murder-story/" target="_blank">her estranged husband</a> was the perpetrator. He was acquitted.</li></ul><h2 class="text-h6 !font-sans !font-normal !leading-[1.2em]">Public service</h2><figure><img alt="Laura Bush and George W. Bush have their hands on their chests during an anthem at a game" height="365" id="197a059a-e15b-4ffd-ba2a-a7631bbe0f7c" src="https://images.axios.com/QzmH1ss8bGG6gayAxOgZjs-V3vU=/2025/02/13/1739486062087.png" width="652"/><figcaption>Former first lady Laura Bush and her husband can often be seen at Dallas sporting events. Photo: Cooper Neill/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="raised their daughters in Dallas" data-vars-click-url="https://people.com/politics/all-about-george-bush-daughters-barbara-jenna/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://people.com/politics/all-about-george-bush-daughters-barbara-jenna/" target="_blank">raised their daughters in Dallas</a> until he was elected governor and moved back <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="in 2009" data-vars-click-url="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/BushLegacy/story?id=6396107&amp;page=1" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/BushLegacy/story?id=6396107&amp;page=1" target="_blank">in 2009</a> after they left the White House.<ul><li>The couple instantly liked each other when they met in 1977 in Midland. She <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="said" data-vars-click-url="https://people.com/politics/laura-bush-remembers-the-first-time-she-met-george-and-when-he-proposed/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://people.com/politics/laura-bush-remembers-the-first-time-she-met-george-and-when-he-proposed/" target="_blank">said</a>, &quot;He liked to talk, and I liked to listen.&quot; They <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="plan to be buried" data-vars-click-url="https://apnews.com/general-news-domestic-news-domestic-news-1baf63b2d86f4559821181c562450746" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://apnews.com/general-news-domestic-news-domestic-news-1baf63b2d86f4559821181c562450746" target="_blank">plan to be buried</a> at his presidential library at SMU.</li></ul>Civil rights leader Adelfa Botello Callejo and her husband, Bill, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="went to SMU" data-vars-click-url="https://www.smu.edu/news/archives/2014/adelfa-callejo-dies-25jan2013" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.smu.edu/news/archives/2014/adelfa-callejo-dies-25jan2013" target="_blank">went to SMU</a> together and later established a law firm, often taking immigration cases.<ul><li>They donated to their alma mater to establish a Latino Studies Institute, and a Dallas elementary school is named after her.</li></ul><h2 class="text-h6 !font-sans !font-normal !leading-[1.2em]">Sports</h2>Dallas Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki met Jessica Olsson at a charity event in 2010. They have three children together.<ul><li>They had a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="traditional Kenyan wedding" data-vars-click-url="https://andscape.com/features/the-color-of-love-dirk-nowitzki-opens-up-on-his-interracial-marriage/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://andscape.com/features/the-color-of-love-dirk-nowitzki-opens-up-on-his-interracial-marriage/" target="_blank">traditional Kenyan wedding</a> organized by Olsson&#x27;s mom, who is Kenyan.</li></ul>Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and Candice Crawford have been married for more than a decade. They have <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="three children" data-vars-click-url="https://people.com/all-about-tony-romo-kids-7502491" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://people.com/all-about-tony-romo-kids-7502491" target="_blank">three children</a>.<h2 class="text-h6 !font-sans !font-normal !leading-[1.2em]">Pop culture</h2><figure><img alt="Kirk and Tammy Franklin pose for a photo at the 2024 BET Awards" height="364" id="bbb830f3-2fa7-4cd4-a256-23f5bacbb54b" src="https://images.axios.com/S8uhD6us5GfI6J5ix3NWZBNwwJc=/2025/02/13/1739485868339.png" width="650"/><figcaption>Kirk and Tammy Franklin are still going strong. Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>Gospel singer Kirk Franklin and his wife, Tammy, share their advice for a long marriage on the dating show &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The One" data-vars-click-url="https://tvone.tv/show/the-one/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://tvone.tv/show/the-one/" target="_blank">The One</a>.&quot;Model Bella Hadid and horseman Adan Banuelos live in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Fort Worth" data-vars-click-url="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a45573580/who-is-bella-hadid-boyfriend-dating-adan-banuelos/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a45573580/who-is-bella-hadid-boyfriend-dating-adan-banuelos/" target="_blank">Fort Worth</a>. The model met the cowboy, who trains <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="in Weatherford" data-vars-click-url="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/western-culture-cowboy-romance-night-on-texas-ranch-with-adan-banuelos-and-bella-hadid/287-e494add2-f049-426f-af8f-a4df4383c168" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/western-culture-cowboy-romance-night-on-texas-ranch-with-adan-banuelos-and-bella-hadid/287-e494add2-f049-426f-af8f-a4df4383c168" target="_blank">in Weatherford</a> for cutting horse events, at a horse show.Reality stars Alexa Alfia and Brennon Lemieux met on the Dallas season of &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Love Is Blind" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2022/11/10/love-is-blind-alexa-alfia" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2022/11/10/love-is-blind-alexa-alfia" target="_self">Love Is Blind</a>.&quot; They had their first baby last year.<h2 class="text-h6 !font-sans !font-normal !leading-[1.2em]">Big breakups</h2>Dallas singer Erykah Badu and André 3000&#x27;s split served as inspiration to Outkast&#x27;s &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Ms. Jackson" data-vars-click-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYxAiK6VnXw" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYxAiK6VnXw" target="_blank">Ms. Jackson</a>.&quot;<ul><li>They have a son together and remain friends. Badu joined André onstage during his <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Dallas show" data-vars-click-url="https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2024/09/23/andre-3000-and-erykah-badu-reunite-at-dallas-concert/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2024/09/23/andre-3000-and-erykah-badu-reunite-at-dallas-concert/" target="_blank">Dallas show</a> in September.</li></ul>Fort Worth billionaire Sid Bass&#x27; divorce from Anne Bass in the 1980s was one of the most expensive breakups at the time. Anne Bass reportedly got as much as $500 million in the agreement.<ul><li>Sid Bass went on to marry his mistress, Mercedes. They remained together <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="until 2011" data-vars-click-url="https://pagesix.com/2011/10/08/bass-breakup-stuns-society/" data-vars-content-id="cd79a274-7c7f-4572-838b-20d0041acb2d" data-vars-headline="Dallas and Fort Worth&#x27;s most notable couples" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://pagesix.com/2011/10/08/bass-breakup-stuns-society/" target="_blank">until 2011</a>.</li></ul>

The Texas Civil War Museum is closing

A White Settlement, Texas, museum that claims to have the largest collection of Civil War artifacts west of the Mississippi will close next month.

A White Settlement museum claiming to have the largest collection of Civil War artifacts west of the Mississippi will close next month.Why it matters: The 15,000-square-foot Texas Civil War Museum was often criticized for being partial to the Confederacy, showcasing artifacts from the United Daughters of the Confederacy and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="not mentioning slavery much" data-vars-click-url="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/04/24/trip-to-texas-civil-war-museum-shows-why-dallas-should-never-send-its-robert-e-lee-statue-there/" data-vars-content-id="4db4532f-9cdc-42b6-9110-dbbea0ee0103" data-vars-headline="The Texas Civil War Museum is closing" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/04/24/trip-to-texas-civil-war-museum-shows-why-dallas-should-never-send-its-robert-e-lee-statue-there/" target="_blank">not mentioning slavery much</a>.

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