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Sunday, July 28, 2019
The 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q was a great success, the Model Aviation Day Event is coming up August 17th at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, it's National Watermelon Day and National Girlfriends Day this week, August facts and folklore, the Kingsbury VFD meets this Thursday, there is a Black Moon this week, in Kingsbury news past the July 21, 1875 edition of the Galveston Daily Newsreported that the stage leaves Kingsbury for those going farther west and yellow fever in New York did not arrive on the ship from Galveston, August is National Goat Cheese Month and National Golf Month, two of the three active meteor showers peak this week, the burn ban update for Guadalupe and other counties in Texas, and a wonderful picture of Albert Wofshohl and the first mail mail buggy for Kingsbury RFD#1.

Sunday, July 21, 2019
The 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, it's National Hammock Day and National Hot Fudge Sundae Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the July 6, 1875 edition of the Galveston Daily News had an ad announcing the new depot opening here in July and you can take a 50¢ excursion to see a whale carcass in the bay, the Kingsbury Opry meets every Friday, this week in Texas history in 1845 the US flag flew for the first time in Texas, and an awesome picture of a 1913 street scene in Kingsbury with the windmill and an 1878 newspaper mention of that same windmill.

Sunday, July 14, 2019
Three meteor showers become active this week, it's National Tapioca Pudding Day and National Moon Day this week, the 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, there will be a Model Aviation Day Event at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome August 17th, the Full Buck Moon rises this week, there is a Volunteer Work Day at the Pioneer Flight Museum this Saturday, in Kingsbury news past the July 3, 1875 edition of the San Antonio Daily Expresshad an ad for the first Kingsbury lots being for sale and the apothecary has Hungarian leeches for sale, the latest on burn bans in Texas, the Kingsbury City Commission has their regular meeting this Monday, and a terrific picture of four generations of the Jones Family.

Sunday, July 7, 2019
The 50th Annual KVFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, it's National Sugar Cookie Day and National Dive Bar Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the June 8, 1904 edition of the Houston Post had the rates for the train trip to Houston for the baseball game and the Yorktown depot operator was killed on a rainy night, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary meet this Thursday, July is National Grilling Month and National Ice Cream Month, and a wonderful picture postcard of the Kingsbury School class around 1900.

Sunday, June 30, 2019
Independence Day is this week, the 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, it's National Graham Cracker Day and National Postal Workers Day this week, in Kingsbury news past the June 5, 1904 edition of the Houston Post mentions that Miss Myrtle Powers of Kingsbury is visiting Luling and there is an ad to buy scrap metal and bones, the month of July starts this week, July facts and folklore, and a great picture of the workings behind the counter at the Kingsbury National Bank in 1912 and a counter check from the 1920s.

Sunday, June 23, 2019
The 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q Fundraiser is coming up July 27th, it's National Praline Day and National Catfish Day this week, how to become part of the Kingsbury City Limits, this week in history Texas native Wiley Post took off to fly around the world, get your awesome Kingsbury T-shirts online, the Kingsbury Opry meets for playing and singing on Fridays, and an awesome photo of the Gander Slough oil field with early trucks and horse and wagons in 1923.

Sunday, June 16, 2019
This is Father's Day, it's National Take Your Dog To Work Day and National Onion Ring Day this week, the Full Strawberry Moon shines this Monday (the Arapaho call it the Moon When the Buffalo Bellows), the first day of Summer is this Friday, summer solstice fact and folklore, and an awesome picture of the First National Bank of Kingsbury teller area and the Banking News article of Sept. 1912 reporting the opening of the bank.

Sunday, June 9, 2019
The annual Summer Solstice Film Festival is coming up June 15th at Habitable Spaces, there will be a Volunteer Work Day this Saturday and the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, it's National Corn on the Cob Day and National Sewing Machine Day this week, this week in Texas history the massive record breaking Bar-B-Q celebration occurred in Luling on June 11, 1926, in Kingsbury news past the April 24, 1904 edition of the Houston Post reported that the Rev. R.A. Harty would be conducting a revival in Kingsbury and you can get your mosquito nets at Franklin's Mosquito Bar Factory in Houston, the 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury postal workers around 1950.

Sunday, June 2, 2019
The annual Summer Solstice Film Festival is coming up June 15th at Habitable Spaces, it's National Egg Day and National Name Your Poison Day this week, the Kingsbury VFD and Auxiliary meet this Thursday, in Kingsbury news past the Friday, April 8, 1904 edition of the Galveston Daily News reported that H.G. Hendricson of Kingsbury was visiting Galveston and the Luling baseball team is getting ready for the new season, the 50th Annual Kingsbury VFD Bar-B-Q is coming up July 27th, June is National Camping Month and National Iced Tea Month, the Kingsbury City Commission will be having a public workshop on Wednesday, and a really great picture from the late 1800s of the Kingsbury School children on the dirt road in front of the Methodist church when it was the original school house.

Sunday, May 26, 2019
Memorial Day is this Monday, it's National Brisket Day and National Go Barefoot Day this week, the 5th annual Summer Solstice Film Festival is coming up June 15th, the first days of the month of June are this week, June facts and folklore, June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month and National Rose Month, the 2019 hurricane season starts this week, the list of some of the biggest storms to make Texas landfall, and a wonderful picture of the Kingsbury Base Ball Team around 1945.
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