Upcoming Lectures
The Birth of a Navy by Dallam Masterson
September 14
5:30 p.m.
$5 for Members
$15 for Non-Members
It may surprise you to learn that from 1835 to 1837 the Republic of Texas had its own Navy. Dallam Masterson, a 7th generation Texan and descendant of the first Secretary of the Navy for the Republic of Texas, will speak about the creation of that Navy and the role his ancestor, Samuel Rhoads Fisher, played in the process. Fisher was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence before being appointed by President Sam Houston to command the newly formed Texas Navy. Come hear about the life of this remarkable man!
The Mourning Wave by Greg Funderburk
September 28
5:30 p.m.
$5 for Members
$15 for Non-Members
The Mourning Wave tells the story of young orphan’s fight for survival inside the doomed St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum during the storm of 1900. Greg will speak about his book which is populated with real-life characters, historic figures, and powerful recollections from actual storm survivors.
Albertine Hall Yeager
Galveston’s 1st African American Orphanage
by Marsha Rappaport & Julie Baker
October 12
5:30 p.m.
$5 for Members
$15 for Non-Members
Marsha Rappaport and Julie Baker will tell the moving story of a powerful island leader who saw an important need and rose to the occasion to help her community. Albertine Hall Yeager came to Galveston in 1917, and shortly thereafter, began taking in orphans and children of working mothers. Galvestonians from all religious groups, races, creeds, and colors rallied around her. The original site of the Albertine Yeager Home is 1111 32nd Street. The site received an undertold story marker from the Texas Historical Society in February 2022.
Galveston and Houston Architecture by Stephen Fox
October 26
5:30 p.m.
$5 for Members
$15 for Non-Members
Texas contains a remarkable array of buildings and landscapes that document and preserve the state’s historical experiences. Architectural historian Stephen Fox will illustrate buildings dating from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first that tell this vivid story. Stephen Fox is an architectural historian and a fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas. He is a lecturer in architecture at Rice University and the University of Houston. Fox is co-author, with Ellen Beasley, of the Galveston Architecture Guide, published by the Galveston Historical Foundation.