Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration

Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration is a memorial in Webb, Texas. Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration is situated nearby to the art gallery Laredo Center For the Arts, as well as near the park Old Mercado Plaza.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral of San Agustin and Republic of the Rio Grande Museum.

Cathedral of San Agustin

Church

Photo: AMAPO, CC BY 2.5.

The Cathedral of San Agustin is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Laredo, Texas. It is located at 201 San Agustin Avenue in the San Agustin Historical District in Laredo. Cathedral of San Agustin is situated 800 feet southeast of Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration.

Republic of the Rio Grande Museum

Museum

Photo: AMAPO, CC BY 2.5.

Republic of the Rio Grande Museum is a historic house museum located in the downtown San Agustin de Laredo Historic District in Laredo, Texas, United States, next to the historic La Posada Hotel and San Agustín Cathedral. Republic of the Rio Grande Museum is situated 890 feet south of Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration.

Laredo United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House

Post office

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a historic government building located in Laredo in Webb County, Texas. It previously served as a custom house and a courthouse for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Laredo United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laredo and Nuevo Laredo.

Laredo

Photo: Wbaron, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Laredo is a city with 262,000 inhabitants on the South Texas Plains. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, is just across the Rio Grande.

Nuevo Laredo

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Nuevo Laredo is a city of about 416,000 people in Tamaulipas, Mexico, across the border from the smaller Laredo, Texas. The twin cities are collectively referred to as "Los Dos Laredos".

Nye

Suburb

Nye is a former town two miles north of Laredo in southwestern Webb County, Texas, United States. It was named after Thomas C. Nye, a local planter who introduced Bermuda Onions into the community in 1898. Nye is situated 4 miles north of Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration.

Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “In 1897, Laredo’s local lodge of the Great Council of Texas of the Improved Order of Red Men decided to organize a celebration of George Washington’s birthday. On February 21, 1898, the Red Men held a two-day festival featuring a mock battle, parade...”
Category: historic site
Location: Webb, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

27.50443° or 27° 30′ 16″ north

Longitude

-99.50636° or 99° 30′ 23″ west

Inception

2006

Open location code

76V2GF3V+QF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12075675732

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Mercado Plaza and Laredo Center For the Arts.

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