In Episode 5 of my video series, Artifacts. Stories., I join Kathleen Maca, author of Galveston’s Broadway Cemeteries, on the roof of the Hendley Building where the JOLO Guard stood watch during the Civil War. Rosenberg Library’s Museum Curator, Eleanor Barton, shows me the JOLO Guard’s log book.

If you missed other episodes, here are some links:

1. The Wooden Paver
2. The Panoramic Sketch
3. Battle of Gavleston: The Cannon Balls
4. Battle of Galveston: “My Father Is Here”
5. Battle of Galveston: The Watchmen
6. The Gun Battery
7. The Early Causeways
8. Railroad Transportation
9. Cabeza de Vaca
10. The Lunch Counter

If you’re checking into a hotel, ask if they have Galveston.com TV. We also have several streaming apps available for download in your App Store.

About Galveston.com TV

Galveston.com & Company  is pleased to offer Galveston.com TV apps.  The travel channel, streaming in thousands of Galveston Island hotel rooms since 2013, is now available in the Apple App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Apple TV devices; the Amazon App Store for Amazon Fire devices; Google Play for Android devices, and on Roku Streaming TV & Media Players.

Galveston.com TV provides current and future Island visitors with comprehensive event and insider information for one of Texas’s most historic and enchanting destinations. Broadcasting 24 hours a day with nightlife, restaurant, and attraction reporting, Galveston.com TV is the premier source for local insights on this Island destination only an hour from downtown Houston. Galveston.com TV is free of charge. Requires iOS 9.0 and/or Android 3.0, or later.

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