Galveston College Professor Hank Deslaurier will lead a series of lectures on Galveston’s history. This brief walk through the years of the island is sure to excite any Galveston history buff. (Limit 35)

October 29: The Orphanages of Galveston

Galveston is home to many orphanages; this session will focus on the early leading orphanages of Galveston (The Galveston Orphans’ home and St. Mary’s orphan asylum).

November 5: Women’s Suffrage and the Women who led it in Galveston

Galveston was a leader in the early suffrage movement of Texas. Meet the women behind the movement.

November 12: The Curious Case of May Walker Burleson

May Walker Burleson was a leader in the Women’s movement before it all went south. She was convicted of murder in 1940. A sad case and the loss of a socialite.

November 19: Galveston Bathing Girl Revue and theInternational Pageant of Pulchritude (1920-1965)

Come and discover the past of Galveston’s world-famous beauty pageant and the beginning of Splash days to open the beach.