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DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. 335
2. To encourage historical research into the earliest records of Texas,
especially those relating to the revolution of 1835 and the events which fol-
lowed; to foster the preservation of documents and relics; and to encourage
the publication of records of individual service of soldiers and patriots of tlhe
R'epublic.
3. To promlote the celebration of March 2d (Independence Day) and April
21st (Sall Jacinto 1)ay); to secure and hallow historic spots by erecting
ionmutelnts thereon; and to cherish alnd preserve the unity of Texas as
achieved and established by thle fathers and mothers of the Texas Revolution.
There are now eight clhapters in this order. The Sidney Sherman Chap-
ter of Galveston lhas removed tle bodies of Presi(dent David Burnet and Gen-
eral Shermnitrl flrom Magnolia (Grove to Lake View Cemletery and erected over
their graves a beaulltiful nmar1bl, obel)(,lisk. Thle Sani Jaeinto Chapter of Houston
lias for its special object tile (preserva tionl ad the adorning of the San Jacinto
Battle-grounlll. Tlie Legislature apprlopriated $750 to buy a Bayou front to
add to tlhe ten acres already belmogilg to the State. The chapter is using
every means to raise 'm1one,y to illclose tle grounds witth a hllndsome iron
fence alnd to erect a mgniiienllii t m11onument ill commemlorattioll of the victory
of tle Texans. Trle Willilam B. Travis C(hap.ter of Austin hopes to care for
and erect a memorial over tle resting-p-lace of the gallant Albert Sidney
Johnston. Thll Sam lHouston Chapter of Lainpasas wishes to build a monu-
nent in memory of President Houston. The De Zavala Chaptei is planning
to nmark iby memorial tablets all historical buildings aln( places. There aire
also the Stephlen F. Austin C(haplter of Braxoria, the Brenham Chapter, aind
the Thomas J. Rusk (Chapter of Dallas. That these devoted women will
acecomplish their purp1oses no one who1 knows the "beauty aind strength of
woman's dev,otion "' will doubt. In this day(, when we hear so much of womal's
sphere, let us not foriet that it is eminently her work to teach her sons and
her daughters to be patriots. Let the women of Texas but do their duty as
lovers of their country, and with one accord the youth of the land shall cry,
"Texas is imy State, thle Union is my country, and when I seek not their
honor, may my own fall blasted and ruined."
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/351/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.