Critics decry ball for Texas museum, Civil War exhibit

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Plans for a costume ball to benefit a Texas museum featuring a Civil War exhibit have drawn criticism and comparisons to a slaver’s plantation party. About 50 residents signed a petition asking the nonprofit Williamson Museum to reconsider the theme of the Old South Ball, the Austin American-Statesman (http://atxne.ws/1JpurJF) reported Sunday. The […]