On June 19th 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in the port of Galveston, Texas and took command of the recently-landed garrison of around 2000...
The top of the Texas African American History Memorial in the grounds of the state capitol in Austin. This monument, installed in 2016, is undoubtedly...
Drew and I spent the afternoon in San Antonio last Saturday. He had never been inside the Alamo so braved the crowds and wandered around that area for a while....
Here’s another picture from my walk through Lanark Cemetery. I was interested to see a large obelisk in the centre of the cemetery and discovered...
