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Tropical downpours won't stop annual Juneteenth celebration at Ashton Villa in Galveston
Galveston is the birthplace of Juneteenth ... On Wednesday, the community commemorated the day inside Ashton Villa, an historic site in itself. It served as the residence for the Confederate ...
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Behind the walls of Texas' first mansion
On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa where she spent the rest of her life. The story of ...
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Haile: Behind the walls of Texas’ first mansion
On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa, where she spent ...