This year the General Sam Houston Folk Festival will be Friday April 20 and Saturday April 21 from 9 am to 6 pm and on Sunday April 22 from 12 pm to 5 pm. It all started in 1988 when the Sam Houston Memorial Museum was being threatened with closing due to decreased funding from the state, and the East Texas Folk Festival was used as a fundraiser to keep the museum on its feet. The festival did the job and made enough money to keep the museum up and running until there were more funds available. Shortly after that, the name of the festival was changed to the General Sam Houston Folk Festival that we know. The festival has attracted around 15,000 visitors for three days and is expecting about 18,000 this year. It will include craft demonstrations, living-history re-enactment, ethnic foods and musical entertainment and much, much more! Volunteers from our community and SHSU are the main people that make it happen. The main purpose of the festival is the education of the youngsters, which is included in the Friday school session which invites 4th graders from all over our area. So if you are up for some educational fun and food, come out to the General Sam Houston Folk Festival. For more information visit their website!

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Friday May 4th - Study Day
Monday May 7th - Thursday May 10th - Final Exams
Spring 2007 Final Exam Schedule

Wednesday May 30th - First day of Summer I classes
Thursday July 5th - First day of Summer II classes

Monday August 20th First day of Fall 2007 classes

Mon-Thur: 8am - 7pm
Tues: 8am - 10pm
Fri: 8am - 3pm
Sun: 2pm - 7pm
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