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Galveston Historical Foundation

Galveston Graveyards – Foundation Conversations

1859 Ashton Villa 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, United States

Join Galveston Historical Foundation's Jami Durham as she shares the stories and histories of many of the island's cemeteries, including Lakeview, Calvary, Municipal, Rosewood, Serbian and Greek Orthodox, Sisters of the Incarnate Word, Beth Jacob and more. You are welcome to bring your own lunch to enjoy. Lunch will not be provided. Virtual tickets are […]

$10

1859 Ashton Villa Ghost Tours | Haunted History

1859 Ashton Villa 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, United States

Led by #GalvestonHistory staff, the 2024 Ashton Villa ghost tours explore the history and mysteries of the 1859 Broadway beauty. Tour the first and second floors while learning about the Brown family, including Bettie Brown, and judge for yourself if her spirit still resides in the family home! Tickets are non-refundable, and photographs are always encouraged! […]

$45

1859 Ashton Villa Ghost Tours | Haunted History

1859 Ashton Villa 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, United States

Led by #GalvestonHistory staff, the 2024 Ashton Villa ghost tours explore the history and mysteries of the 1859 Broadway beauty. Tour the first and second floors while learning about the Brown family, including Bettie Brown, and judge for yourself if her spirit still resides in the family home! Tickets are non-refundable, and photographs are always encouraged! […]

$45

The Lost War for Texas – Presentation and Book Signing

1859 Ashton Villa 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, United States

One of the most important themes in US history is the series of struggles that transformed the Southwest from a Spanish to an American possession: the Texas Revolution of 1836 and the Mexican–American War of 1845. But what if historians have been overlooking a key event that led to these wars—another war almost entirely unknown—that […]

Free

Following Seas: The 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA – Foundation Conversations

1859 Ashton Villa 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, United States

Join Galveston Historical Foundation's Mark Scibincio, Port Captain and Director of the Galveston Historic Seaport, as she shares the history of the 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA, The Official Tall Ship of Texas, and charts a course for the future of this incredible vessel. You are welcome to bring your own lunch to enjoy. Lunch will […]

$10

Decisions of the Galveston Campaigns – Foundation Conversations

1859 Ashton Villa 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, United States

The Galveston Campaigns were a series of naval and overland battles that pitted Confederate General John B. Magruder and his often-improvised Confederate forces against General Nathaniel P. Banks and a variety of Union army and naval forces. A Federal fleet entered Galveston Bay on October 4, 1862, and the city surrendered after the expiration of […]

$10