On the first weekend of December, the Galveston Historical Foundation will hold its annual Dickens on the Strand Festival. Except this year it will be a celebration of the rebuilding that has taken place since the town was flooded by a storm surge on Sept. 13, 2008.
If you think those people in Galveston don’t know how to recover from a storm, take a look at this post.
Did you know that downtown Galveston has one of the largest collections of restored 19th century iron-front commercial buildings in the country?
The event is a celebration of Galveston’s Victorian roots. Charles Dickens’ great-great-great-granddaughter will be there signing books.
Get a full account here at The Daily News out of Galveston County.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Great Article