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Saengerfest and the 1986 Galveston Mardi Gras Arches
By Cosmos Mariner, May 14, 2018
Saengerfest Park Marker (wide view)
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| On 23rd Street at Strand Street, on the left when traveling south on 23rd Street. |
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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 |
| Near Ship Mechanic Row Street east of 24th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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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 |
| On Mechanic Street east of 24th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 |
| On Mechanic Street east of 24th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 |
Apr. 29, 2024