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Events
MHS Tour
MHS Tour: The History and Collections of the MHS
10:00AM Saturday, 8 March 2014
Environmental History Seminar
The Galveston Spirit: How a Hurricane Remade American Politics
5:15PM Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Created Equal: The Abolitionists & Slavery by Another Name
Film Screening & Discussion 5:30PM Wednesday, 12 March 2014
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