MONUMENTAL EVENTS You heard the buzz. You saw the trailers. The release date came . . . and went. Remember The Alamo? Before you fork over $15 for a ticket and the requisite popcorn, take the opportunity this month to explore Texas’s history firsthand. On April 3 Abilene offers its own picture of our past with the grand opening of its new interactive museum, Frontier Texas! Holographic guides usher you through multimedia exhibits of life in West Texas from 1780 to 1880, and special effects give you a close-up experience of a buffalo stampede, a thunderstorm on the prairie, and a saloon shoot-out. History will never seem more tangible. Set sail for Corpus Christi April 8 for the beginning of Buccaneer Days, a 24-day celebration…The post HISTORY appeared first on Texas Monthly.