GALVESTON, Texas - A world record was broken on Saturday morning in Galveston in honor of the 125th anniversary of the 1900 Storm.

The Galveston Seawall has set the Guinness World Record for the longest walkway of 10.3 miles.

According to the Guinness World Record website, the previous record holder was Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida. The walkway was 4.5 miles long and followed the seawall from Columbus Statue Park to Gandy Boulevard.

A ceremony was also held at the same time with 8,125 people standing along the Seawall in remembrance of the more than 8,000 lives lost in the Great Storm in 1900. Galveston

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