Bicentennial Festival on the Strand - Moody Family Archive Films (1976)

This 1976 news footage captures Mary Moody Northen attending the Bicentennial celebration at the Strand in Galveston, Texas. As festival goers walk up and down the street, the footage captures glimpses of the Oleander City’s famous Strand District decorated for the celebration. Later, former Houston Mayor Louie Welch speaks. Mary Moody Northen was the daughter of William Lewis Moody Jr. She ran the Moody Foundation after her father’s passing, and she established her own Mary Moody Northen Endowment in 1964.