One of the USS Texas' last surviving crew members returns to celebrate his birthday

Although mobility issues limited Kehlenbeck's return to the Battleship Texas pier, restoration workers paused sandblasting ...
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Galveston County Museum passes major milestone in its own history

It would be easy to underestimate how big a milestone it was for a state agency for historic preservation to authorize the ...
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Juneteenth: What historical ties does the federal holiday have to Galveston, Texas

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- June 19, 1865---It's the day freedom came to Texas and the birth of Juneteenth. Major General Gordon Granger and thousands of Union soldiers would arrive on the coast of ...
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Galveston Seawall gathering marks 125 years since deadly hurricane, Guinness World Record

The 1900 Storm Memorial by David Moore sits atop the Galveston Seawall. In 1900, Galveston experienced what is still considered the deadliest natural disaster in American history when a category 4 ...