Queen Elizabeth II visited Dallas in May 1991. Here are Star-Telegram photos of that day
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Queen Elizabeth and Dallas Mayor Annette Straus.
Beatrice Terrazas
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Queen Elizabeth II made her first trip to Texas in May 1991, a whirlwind three-day tour with stops in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston.
In the Big D, the British monarch dined on locally made wild boar sausage, veal with black beans and a banana taco, and then launched into a short speech that told of a Texan father rebuking his son for ungraciously asking a stranger his home state. “Never do that, son,” the queen told 290 guests at Fair Park’s Hall of State. “If a man’s from Texas, he’ll tell you. If he’s not, why embarrass him by asking?”
The visit was the same day Kay Granger was sworn in as Fort Worth’s new mayor. Granger — now a congresswoman — presented the queen with a Texas wildflower tea set and told her, “I hope on your next trip to Texas, you take the time to visit Fort Worth, also.”
Here are a few of the images captured that day by Star-Telegram photographers.
Queen Elizabeth and Dallas Mayor Annette Strauss walk out of the Dallas Garden Center. Kay Granger, newly elected mayor of Fort Worth, is behind them. Paul Moseley Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
People outside of the Hall of State in downtown Dallas awaiting the arrival of Queen Elizabeth. Beatrice Terrazas Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Queen Elizabeth and Dallas Mayor Annette Straus. Beatrice Terrazas Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Queen Elizabeth II accepts flowers and a gift from two young girls at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on May 21, 1991. Dallas Mayor Annette Strauss seen on her left. Beatrice Terrazas Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
A car carrying Queen Elizabeth at Love Field Airport in Dallas. Mayor Annette Strauss is see in the white blazer and purple skirt at right. Paul Moseley Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Boy Scouts wave British and American flags upon the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II at Love Field on May 21, 1991. Paul Moseley Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Queen Elizabeth II waves to a crowd of people upon her arrival at Love Field in Dallas with Dallas Mayor Annette Straus on her right. Larry Price Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Queen Elizabeth greets people at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. Beatrice Terrazas Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
A woman and two boys in costume in honor of Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Dallas. Paul Moseley Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Queen Elizabeth smiles at a group of people dressed in traditional Native American attire, representing the Texas American Heritage Society, after accepting a gift from the group outside of the Hall of State in downtown Dallas. Beatrice Terrazas Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
People dress in period attire are seen outside of the Hall of State in downtown Dallas in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Dallas. Beatrice Terrazas Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Diane Ragsdale, surrounded by Dallas police, protests Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Dallas. Paul Moseley Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
May 21, 1991: Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price protests Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Dallas outside of the Hall of State in downtown Dallas. Beatrice Terrazas Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington Special Collections
This story was originally published August 9, 2022 at 5:25 PM.
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