Now the years have unfolded and, due primarily to the modernization of agriculture, the core of Danish life, once centered in Danevang, has dispersed throughout Texas and the nation. With dispersion comes the danger of loss. The Board of Directors of The Danish Heritage Preservation Society of Danevang has sensed that an important moment is at hand. Danish culture and the contributions of Danish heritage citizens must be preserved! If the accounts, memorabilia and artifacts are lost, it would be a tragedy of great magnitude.
The Society Board has begun an endeavor in the tradition of those early settlers. They have launched a capital campaign to build a Danish-American Cultural Center in Danevang. The campaign is called a "A Little Bit of Denmark." The Board is soliciting gifts to complete the settler's home restoration, construct a barn reminiscent of those in Danevang and Denmark, which would serve as a repository of Danish-American history in Texas and as a gathering place to observe June 5th and Christmas Traditions. Amounts in excess of construction costs will form an operational endowment. Income from the endowment will be used to operate the center. Your gift, which may be made over a three year period, is tax deductible. The Society wants your partnership now so that Danevang will always be known as the heart and soul of some of the finest people to settle in Texas.
Danevang settlers were know as "Happy Danes." How happy our ancestors would be knowing that a little bit of Denmark has not died, but the spirit of Danevang is reborn and this little bit of Denmark has become as big as the heart of Texas.
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