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GHF Annual Meeting

The main order of business is the election of officers and directors for the next fiscal year, along with an overview of GHF’s accomplishments over the past fiscal year. The GHF annual meeting will include the “passing...

1877 Tall Ship ELISSA Sail Training

“Broadway Beauties” Package Returns in Partnership with the 1895 Moody Mansion

alveston Historical Foundation, along with the Mary Moody Northen Endowment, are bringing back a tour favorite, with the Broadway Beauties package. This special combination ticket allows guests to tour both of the...

Plan A History-Making Galveston Vacation

Make your Galveston Spring Break 2022 a history-making one with stops at Galveston Historical Foundation's sites and experiences.

Host An Artist : Galveston Historic Homes Tour

Jason Lee’s ‘Galveston’

Viewing of ELISSA Day Sails via SEAGULL II

GHF Heritage Preservation Challenge

1912 BUILT HOUSE TO BE MOVED AS PART OF REVOLVING FUND PROJECT

Facing the Gulf: Learning Stories of Slavery in Galveston, 1816-1865

Jean Laffite Revealed Lecture and Book Signing

The Smithsonian Debuts ‘Our Shared Future’ Nighttime Projection on Shearn-Moody Plaza

Juneteenth and General Orders, No. 3

Lost Restaurants of Galveston’s African American Community

Galveston Historical Foundation

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New to the Sally B. Wallace Preservation Awards this year is the category 'media.' Here we want to recognize outstanding individuals, groups, or programs who promote by print, visual, or radio media topics related to local history, historic preservation, and/or heritage tourism.While not a current contender, we want to use Ed Cotham's book about Juneteenth as an example of the type of work that can be done relating to local history. On June 19, 1865, the headquarters of maj-General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, issued General Orders No. 3. This order, now known as the "Juneteenth Order," has become one of the most famous orders of the Civil War. But what do we know about the issuance of that famous order on the first Juneteenth? When and how was it issued? Who wrote it? Why was it issued? In this book, Ed Cotham leads the reader through the lengthy and complicated process that led from slavery to celebration. To learn more about this new category and the other preservation categories, head to the link below! bit.ly/3zZuMSo ... See MoreSee Less

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Incorporated in 1954, Galveston Historical Foundation is one of the nation's largest local preservation organizations. Over the last 50 years, the foundation has expanded its mission to encompass community redevelopment, public education, historic preservation advocacy, maritime preservation and stewardship of historic properties.