Webb County Heritage Events
October Means “Haunted Heritage” on Exhibit
Aaah-oooooo…. The Webb County Heritage Foundation invites the public to visit “Haunted Heritage – Myths and Legends of Laredo” on exhibit in spooky, downtown Laredo. The display features a spine-tingling photo exhibit of Laredo’s most infamous haunted sites that is...
“Movies on the Patio” Returns to Spooky, Downtown Laredo
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will team up with the Laredo Convention & Visitors Bureau to host two evenings of “Movies on the Patio” starting Friday, October 4th at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. at 7:30 p.m. The first...
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image Travels to Laredo with its Award-Winning Film Preservation Program
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image is bringing the Texas Film Round-Up, an award-winning program to Laredo. Area residents, organizations, and businesses are invited to drop off their collection of films and videotapes for the free digitization program at the Alamo...
Heritage Foundation Celebrates Laredo’s 264th Birthday with Founders Day Celebration
Celebrating the 264th anniversary of Laredo’s founding, the Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a Founders’ Day luncheon honoring the descendants of founder, Don Tomás Sánchez and all the founding families of this historic community on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at...
Heritage Foundation Presents Book-Signing For “Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights”
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing for Gabriela Gonzalez, author of Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights, on Thursday, March 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border...
Come Share the Love!
From protecting historic architecture, teaching Laredo history to school groups, operating two history museums, maintaining historical archives, and celebrating our city’s founding, the Webb County Heritage Foundation works hard...
Webb County Heritage Foundation Hosts “Historic Laredo” Photo Competition Exhibit
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host an opening reception for the exhibit of entries in the “Historic Laredo” Photo Competition on Thursday, December 6 from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua® Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. The public is invited to...
Book-Signing for Jane Clements Monday’s “Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer”
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing with Jane Clements Monday, co-author of “Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer” on Wednesday, November 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum,...
Heritage Foundation Presents Book-Signing for John A. Adams, Jr.’s “Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border”
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing for John A. Adams, Jr., author of Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border – Governor Colquitt, President Wilson and the Vergara Affair, on Thursday, September 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa...
Los Charros en el Cine Mexicano
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host an opening reception for “Los Charros en el Cine Mexicano”, an exhibit of vintage Mexican movie posters on Thursday, August 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. in Laredo. This...
2018 Founders’ Day Celebration to Focus on “Building Our History”
Celebrating the 263rd anniversary of Laredo’s founding, the Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a Founders’ Day luncheon honoring the descendants of founder, Don Tomás Sánchez and all the founding families of this historic community on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at...
Book-Signing With Barbara Gonzalez Cigarroa
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing for Barbara Gonzalez Cigarroa, author of A MEXICAN DREAM and Other Compositions, on Friday, April 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. in Laredo. A presentation...
Heritage Foundation and Consulate General of Mexico in Laredo Present Classic Mexican Film, “Flor Silvestre” Under The Stars
The Webb County Heritage Foundation, in partnership with the Consulate General of Mexico and the Mexican Cultural Institute of Laredo, will present “Flor Silvestre”, a classic film of the Mexican Golden Age of Cinema, on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the patio of...
2018 Annual Membership Party
The Board of Directors of the Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a Valentines’ Membership Cocktail Party on Wednesday, February 7 from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua® Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. The public is invited to renew or initiate...
Photo Contest Exhibit and 2018 Calendar Unveiling
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host an opening reception for the exhibit of entries in the “Historic Laredo” Photo Competition on Wednesday, December 6 from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. The public is invited to...
“Movies on the Patio” to Feature Series of Classics Horror Movies
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host three evenings of “Movies on the Patio” on consecutive Fridays in October at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. at 7:30 p.m. starting Friday, October 6th. Two of the films are classic...
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
“Movies on the Patio” featuring “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” on Friday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. Free and open to the public. Outdoor seating and concessions. In case of rain, the event will be cancelled....
Heritage Foundation Presents Book-Signing and Lecture on General Alonso de León’s Expeditions Into Texas, 1686 – 1690
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing by Dr. Lola O. Norris for her new book, Alonso de León’s Expeditions into Texas, 1686-1690, on Wednesday, September 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. The...