SCHEDULE:
The Brazoria Historical Militia and the Texas Navy will be on site beginning at 9:00 am. A number of other activities will occur after the groundbreaking.
Groundbreaking (beside City Hall at the entrance to the Fort Velasco Trail)
10:00 am | Commissioner “Dude” Payne Mayor Larry Davison Sheree Muzny and Kathylee Davis (daughters of George Kramig) Councilwoman Peggy Llewellyn |
The Brazoria Historical Militia and the Texas navy will provide backup and cannon fire.
Police/EMS Benefit/BBQ, Silent Auction, and Raffle
10:30 am to 1:30 pm | raffle drawing each hour |
Speakers (in Council Room)
10:20 am | Reverend Greg Smith – First to Fight: Brazoria and the Battle of Velasco |
10:40 am | introduction by Councilwoman Peggy Llewellyn, Commissioner “Dude” Payne, Mayor Larry Davison, Sheree Muzny and Kathylee Davis (daughters of George Kramig, founder of the Fort Velasco Restoration Association) |
11:00 am | slides and audio that accompanied the Fort Velasco Restoration Association’s diorama in the 1970s |
11:20 am | Stephen F. Austin (Stan Murray) on the Battle of Velasco and surrounding events |
11:40 am | Ronald McCulley, Captain of the Brazoria Historical Militia |
12:00 pm | Admiral Chester Barnes, III, on the Texas Navy |
12:20 pm | replay slides |
The museum (upstairs in City Hall) will be open from 10:40 am until 1:00 pm.
SOBA (Save Our Beach Association) will be distributing information and selling t-shirts.
The Surfside Beach Lions Club will have a booth for their beautiful cookbooks as well as membership information and order forms for the commemorative pavers they are selling.
The Fort Velasco/Surfside Beach Historical Committee will be giving away Fort Velasco fans and copies of the Texas Gazette (July, 1832) and selling Fort Velasco t-shirts and books about the Fort Velasco period in Texas history.