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Seamanship Training Onboard The Restored 1877 Elissa, The Official Tall Ship Of Texas, Begins Saturday, July 18, Free Of Charge
An orientation meeting for seamanship training on the restored 1877 ELISSA, the Official Tall Ship of Texas, is scheduled for Saturday, July 18, 1:30 to 5 p.m., dockside at the Texas Seaport Museum in Galveston, at 22nd and Harborside Drive. Houston-Galveston-area residents will have the rare opportunity to learn to sail and maintain a square-rigged sailing ship this summer and fall, and to take her into the Gulf of Mexico next spring... more
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Galveston Rebirth Race Seeks to Make Historic Impact
On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike’s historic landfall on the upper Texas coast, supporters of Galveston Historical Foundation (GHF) will gather to participate in the Galveston Rebirth Race. On Saturday September 12, 2009, the race will begin at the Mardi Gras Arch in front of the historic Tremont House hotel. Participants in the 5K will run or walk through Galveston’s historic downtown, East-End, Silk Stocking, and San Jacinto neighborhoods. more
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Galveston Historical Foundation Helps County Residents Prepare for Hurricane Season
GHF Offers Windstorm Exemption Program for Historic Buildings (built before 1959). This is the first full hurricane season since GHF expanded Windstorm Exemption coverage to the entire county. Full County coverage is made possible through our Partners in the Field grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Windstorm Exemption Program allows owners of historic buildings to retain architectural features like windows, doors, and roofs... more
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Hurricane Ike High Water Bronze Commemmorative Plaque
GHF's bronze high water marker is a permanent and dignified way to commemorate the effects of Hurricane Ike, an event that has had a lasting effect on our lives as individuals and as a community. All proceeds go to support GHF's recovery programs. The plaques are suitable for outside mounting at the site of the high water line for a building or other structure. click here for order information
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Galveston Island Tours Announces Storm and Recovery Tour of Island Galveston Island Tours, an affiliate of Galveston Historical Foundation, is now offering a Storm and Recovery tour, providing an overview of Galveston's extraordinary resilience in the face of natural disasters from past to present. Visitors can see first hand and on site the effects of the Island's tempestuous climate, and the often heroic responses the city has made, from the Great Storm of 1900 to the 1915 Storm, Hurricane Carla and Hurricane Ike. more
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GHF Revolving Fund Offers Historic 1860 House (No Ike Damage) for Sale
This center-hall cottage was constructed around 1860 at the corner of 16th Street and Avenue K in Galveston. Shortly after 1900, the house was moved to the adjoining lot and an out building was attached to create a T-shaped back gallery. The house was purchased by the Galveston Historical Foundation (GHF) with its Revolving Fund... more
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Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America through Galveston Island
Galveston Historical Foundation is developing a comprehensive historical program for the Texas Seaport Museum, the home of ELISSA that features immigration through the Port of Galveston from the early 19th century through the middle of the 20th century. The program includes the collection of immigrant experiences and artifacts that may be used for a long term exhibit at the Texas Seaport Museum. more
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Historic Galveston Needs Your Help Now!
Please donate here to GHF's recovery effort
Galveston Historical Foundation is mobilized for the full recovery of its historic properties, and to provide assistance to residents of our historic districts in the remediation of their historic homes. It will take a long time to recover from Hurricane Ike, and it will require a lot of volunteer help, technical and otherwise. more
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Galveston Historical Foundation Offers Windstorm Exemption to all Galveston County
Galveston Historical Foundation wants to remind residents that they have extended the Windstorm Exemption Program (WEA-1) to all of Galveston County through a grant with the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Partners in the Field Program. The Texas Windstorm Exemption was made possible for all coastal counties by the Texas State Legislature in 1997. Since that time over 800 properties on Galveston Island have been listed.
The exemption will allow the building owner to replace damaged windows, shutters, doors, and other character defining elements... more
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GHF Windstorm Exemption Program
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