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Students, teacher to unveil war diorama
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Six Highland High School students and retired Highland High history teacher Glen Frakes will unveil their handcrafted rebuild Monday of the 10-foot by 5-foot diorama of the Civil War Battle of Palmito Ranch. The diorama will have traveled 1,000 miles during the 14-hour transport from Gilbert. It had been on display throughout October at the Gilbert Historical Museum.
The 500-pound diorama will be unveiled at the Texas State Capitol, and then displayed in a permanent exhibit at the Texas Civil War Museum in Fort Worth. The detailed work was built in one year by more than 150 students, at a cost of $25,000.
The finished diorama brings an end to the saga of how the students’ original Civil War diorama sent in 2007 was deemed inaccurate and changed dramatically by the museum director of the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry in Austin.
For information on the diorama, e-mail Glen Frakes at gpfrakes@hotmail.com.
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