Galveston, Texas: 1900 Great Storm Statue
In 1900 a hurricane flattened Galveston. In 2000 this statue was dedicated. Then in 2008 a hurricane flattened Galveston again -- but the statue survived.
- Address:
- Seawall Blvd, Galveston, TX
- Directions:
- On the sea side of Seawall Blvd, midway between 45th and 53rd Sts.
- Admission:
- Free
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Still nice and popular.
[Sumoflam, 06/25/2014]
Storm memorial in memory of the victims of the 1900 Hurricane.
[Norman Fennell, 03/07/2007]Artist David Moore created the 1900 Storm Memorial, a 10 ft. tall bronze, installed on the hurricane's 100th anniversary in 2000.
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1900's Great Storm, aka the Galveston Flood, killed over 6,000 people. This large memorial statue is sturdily built and likely to weather future Great Storm-esque storms. But you'd want to be somewhere way inland when that's being tested...