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Saengerfest and the 1986 Galveston Mardi Gras Arches
 
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By Cosmos Mariner, May 14, 2018
Saengerfest Park Marker (wide view)
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1 Texas, Galveston County, Galveston — Saengerfest Park
The park takes its name from Saengerfest, a biennial singing contest sponsored by German immigrant choral societies around the State of Texas in the 19th century. A choral group from Galveston, “the Salamanders,” took top honors in . . . Map (db m118988) HM
2 Texas, Galveston County, Galveston — Powell Arch
The festive arches gracing Galveston's historic Strand District are part of an imaginative civic design project undertaken in 1985 and based on temporary decorative arches constructed in 1881, when the City of Galveston hosted Saengerfest, a . . . Map (db m118989) HM
3 Texas, Galveston County, Galveston — 18751 — Mardi Gras in Galveston
Mardi Gras was born out of a fifteenth-century European masquerade ball tradition, where guests would wear extravagant costumes and masks to conceal their identities. The first Mardi Gras celebration in Galveston occurred in 1867 at Turner Hall, . . . Map (db m118991) HM
4 Texas, Galveston County, Galveston — 18751 — Mardi Gras in Galveston
Mardi Gras was born out of a fifteenth-century European masquerade ball tradition, where guests would wear extravagant costumes and masks to conceal their identities. The first Mardi Gras celebration in Galveston occurred in 1867 at Turner Hall, . . . Map (db m118991) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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