One of Frontier Village & Museum’s most popular hands-on programs returns this fall, giving participants the chance to experience the traditional craft of blacksmithing in a historic setting. Beginner Blacksmithing, led by Steven Mildward of Black Dog’s Foundry, offers an introduction to the skills and techniques used by blacksmiths in the 1800s.

Do you enjoy watching wildlife, working outdoors, gardening with native plants, exploring the woods, or simply learning more about the land around you? Would you like to share what you learn with others and help make a difference in your community? photo by Allen Rich

September brings a full calendar of events and experiences to Grapevine, from the 40th Annual GrapeFest® – A Texas Wine Experience and ItalianCarFest™ to live music, wine and dinner experiences, hands-on workshops, vintage train rides, historic attractions and family-friendly activities.

MillHouse Foundation and Cotton Mill Partners, Ltd. invite art lovers to spend the weekend at Summer ArtFest, a juried indoor art festival held August 29–30, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days at the historic McKinney Cotton Mill.

For sixteen years, Greg Middents sat behind the bench as a Justice of the Peace in Grayson County, Texas, serving citizens who often arrived in court during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. But the courtroom was only part of the story. Middents' life and career have taken him from North Texas to Washington, D.C.; from congressional campaigns to presidential campaigns; and eventually from a Texas courthouse to the Florida Keys.

1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified. The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote. The amendment was the culmination of a decades-long movement for women's suffrage in the United States, at both the state and national levels, and was part of the worldwide movement towards women's suffrage and part of the wider women's rights movement. The first women's suffrage amendment was introduced in Congress in 1878. However, a suffrage amendment did not pass the House of Representatives until May 21, 1919, which was quickly followed by the Senate, on June 4, 1919. It was then submitted to the states for ratification, achieving the requisite 36 ratifications to secure adoption, and thereby went into effect, on August 18, 1920. The Nineteenth Amendment's adoption was certified on August 26, 1920.