{"id":428087,"date":"2026-09-06T14:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428087\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:24:12","slug":"2026-texas-capitol-ornament-unveiled-with-nod-to-americas-250th-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428087\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Texas Capitol ornament unveiled with nod to America\u2019s 250th \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas holiday tradition is back. The Texas Capitol Gift Shop has unveiled its 31st annual Capitol ornament.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s design is a gold Lone Star featuring the Capitol dome at its center, honoring Texas history and America&#8217;s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The ornament costs 25 dollars, with proceeds supporting Capitol preservation and educational programs.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 ornament honors a long tradition of Lone Stars at the Texas Capitol:<\/p>\n<p>1885 ~ The earliest Lone Star cornerstone, installed on the 49th anniversary of Texas Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>1888 ~ The original Lone Star held by the Goddess of Liberty, now preserved at the Capitol Visitors Center.<\/p>\n<p>1936 ~ The terrazzo floor Lone Star in the Capitol Rotunda, commemorating the Texas Centennial.<\/p>\n<p>1958 ~ The three-dimensional metal Lone Star, suspended at the summit of the Capitol Dome.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 ornament celebrates the history and American heritage of Texas, uniting past and present in a single, shining Lone Star.<\/p>\n<p>The ornament can be purchased online and in-store exclusively at the Texas Capitol Gift Shops in the Capitol Extension and the Capitol Visitors Center, as well as the Bullock Texas State History Museum Store.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to purchase the Texas Capitol Ornament online.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.texascapitolgiftshop.com\/2025-texas-capitol-ornament<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Texas holiday tradition is back. The Texas Capitol Gift Shop has unveiled its 31st annual Capitol ornament.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7748,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-428087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-christmas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}