Support for Renaming Robert E. Lee High School
A Baytown native, George Washington Carver High School graduate, and writer argues for renaming Robert E. Lee High School to reflect anti slavery values. He cites history, patriotism, and equity, proposing Old Goose Creek High School with Ganders as mascot and notes the broad social shift in Virginia with John R. Lewis High School.
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Baytown
George Washington Carver High School
Missouri
Elmer
Marie Cartwright
America
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
Crispus Attucks
Malcolm X
H. Rap Brown
Stokley Carmichael
Huey Newton High
Robert E. Lee High School
Robert E. Lee
Mascot Keeps Name Amid School Building Controversy
A debate over renaming a Tri-Cities school building honoring Robert E. Lee sits amid questions of history and symbolism. Officials note the building’s pre merger origins and its monument status complicate any change, while a psychiatrist’s remark underscores the impracticality of altering a fixed facade and name once set.
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Robert E. Lee
Tri-Cities
Change at Robert E. Lee High School Name
A column argues that changing the school name is inevitable once controversy subsides. The writer defends Robert E. Lee as a man of character and military leader, contending many will be offended regardless of the choice and urging readers to “live and let live.”
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Robert E. Lee
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Storm season peak reminder and Alicia anniversary
Storm season reaches peak as Hurricane Alicia's 37th anniversary recalls Baytown damage. The piece urges preparedness with evacuation responsibility, relief kits, and seven days of self sufficiency including water food clothing and medicines for those in evacuee care. It notes Harvey Carla Ike and Rita anniversaries and emphasizes readiness for violent storms.
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Baytown
Houston-Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Galveston Island
Goosed Creek Burglary Arrest Tops Baytown Read List
Top Bay Town Sun stories Aug 10 to Aug 17 include Goose Creek police chief settlement, two burglary arrests, and school renaming delay. Other notable items involve RaeLynn honoring hometown, mailbox post office replacement, and Optimist football pandemic impact.
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Barbers Hill
Goose Creek
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Goose Creek Board
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Michael Pineda
Today in History Highlights from Early America to 1920
On this date Virginia Dare became the first child born to English parents in present day America on Roanoke Island North Carolina in 1587. In 1914 Woodrow Wilson issued a Proclamation of Neutrality to keep the United States out of World War I. In 1920 the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women’s suffrage was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state.
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America
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North Carolina
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Tennessee
Shipyards on upper Galveston Bay reveal long boatbuilding history
The article traces Galveston Bay shipyards from Karankawa dugout canoes to 19th century yards on Midway Landing, Lynchburg, Goose Creek and Cedar Bayou. It notes Dyer’s repair yard, the schooner Bagdad built on Goose Creek, and Royal Yacht’s Civil War service, highlighting the region’s evolving merchant fleet.
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Galveston Bay System
Walter G. Dyer
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ExxonMobil
Fred Hartman
Louis Macomb
Mitchell’s Bay
John Overland
Mississippi River
Houston
Galveston
William Coat
Jacob Huntman
Wallisville
William Peet
Goose Creek
U.S. Navy
Trinity Bay
Cedar Bayou
Harris County
August Ilfrey
Cedar Bayou shipyards and their era of schooners
The Cedar Bayou area produced 69 schooners after the Civil War with yards of Overland, Kipp, and Stolander. by 1895 the main builder was E.O. Stolander who converted yards to gasoline boats, launching the Dulcena in 1903 as the upper bay’s first.
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Cedar Bayou
John Overland
George
Lynchburg
Old River
Cummings
Wallisville
John Kipp
Chambers County
Roseland Park
Frankland
Smith Point
Red Bluff
Clear Lake
Yvonne
Wooster
Gaillard Mitchell
Ripple
Hog Island
Ross Sterling
Sterling
Galveston
Essex
Massachusetts
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