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This handsome Art Deco 1936 Centennial monument of polished Texas red granite stands near the statue of George Childress at the entrance to Washington on the Brazos State Park. It lists the names of all the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence of 1835.

Marker Number: 8399 Marker Text: To the memory of those courageous souls, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention held here March 1-17, 1836 who declared Texas free, organized a Republic, and framed its constitution Jessie B. Badgett Dr. George Washington Barnett Thomas Barnett Stephen William Blount John White Bower Asa Brigham Andrew Briscoe John Wheeler Bunton John S.D. Byrom Mathew Caldwell Samuel Price Carson George Campbell Childress William Clark, Jr. Robert M. Coleman James Collingsworth Edward Conrad William Carroll Crawford Richard Ellis Dr. Stephen Hendrickson Everitt John Fisher Samuel Rhoades Fisher James Gaines Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley Benjamin Briggs Goodrich Jesse Grimes Robert Hamilton Bailey Hardeman Augustine Blackburn Hardin Samuel Houston William Demetris Lacey Albert Hamilton Latimer Edward Oswald Legrand Samuel Augustus Maverick Collin McKinney Michel Branamour Menard William Menefee John W. Moore Dr. Junius William Mottley Jose Antonio Navarro Martin Parmer Sydney Oswald Pennington Robert Potter James Power John S. Roberts Sterling Clack Robertson Francisco Ruiz Thomas Jefferson Rusk William Bennett Scates George Washington Smyth Elijah Stapp Dr. Charles Bellinger Stewart James Gibson Swisher Charles Standfield Taylor David Thomas John Turner Edwin Waller Claiborne West James B. Woods Dr. Lorenzo De Zavala May these names be engraved on the hearts of all Texans. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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