If You Are A Pirate In Victoria Texas You Need To Check This Out

You read that right! If you are a pirate in Victoria Texas you need to check this out tomorrow!

We are talking about Victoria College Pirates, students and alumni too!

Go Pirates! 

Victoria College’s Museum of the Coastal Bend will host a special lecture, “Victoria College’s First 50 Years: A Story in Images,” on Thursday, Feb. 20 from 12:15-1:15 p.m.

The lecture is part of the Stormont Lecture Series, named after John W. Stormont, who served as Victoria College Dean alongside President J.D. Moore beginning in 1949.

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Dr. Karen Hagan, VC History Instructor, will explore the circumstances that led to Victoria College’s founding in 1925 and growth through the years. An exhibit featuring artifacts and a pictorial history of VC’s first 50 years, coordinated by VC's 100th  Anniversary Faculty Subcommittee, will also be on display in the museum's East Gallery.

 The lecture is free and open to the public.

Hot chocolate and refreshments will be served.

The Museum of the Coastal Bend is located on VC’s Main Campus at 2200 E. Red River Street in Victoria.

 For more information, visit MuseumOfTheCoastalBend.org or call (361) 582-2511.

The City of Victoria has been celebrating with our community as well. Victoria Texas is 200 years old!

Do you remember the Victoria coin? There is actually money floating around from long ago that featured Victoria on an actual coin!

And, right now you can buy a Bicentennial Coin to commemorate our bicentennial when you visit the Victoria Preservation, Inc either online or in person.

You can read more about our awesome history by clicking here.