HILLSBORO — The 81st Texas Legislature designated the Texas Heritage Museum’s memorial as the Official Texas State Medal of Honor Memorial to Native-Born Texans.

A resolution (SCR-5) authored by Sen. Kip Averitt and sponsored by Rep. Jim Pitts, was signed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry on June 19,  and  officially become law Sept. 1.

Hill College has installed the Texas Medal of Honor Memorial as a tribute to all native-born Texans who have received that distinction, the highest award that can be bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces.

Located on the campus of Hill College in front of the Texas Heritage Museum, the memorial serves to enhance the mission of the museum which is “To explore Texas and Texans during wartime and how those experiences affect us today.”  

It is fitting for the memorial to be placed at Hill College in Hillsboro since Hillsborois home to James Harris, a native-born Texan Medal of Honor recipient who is represented on the memorial.