Chambers County Veterans Memorial - Fort Anahuac Park - Anahuac, TX - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Chambers County Veterans Memorial was placed by the American Legion Freeman Spath Post 104. It is located in front of the Legion Hall, which is one the grounds of the Fort Anahuac Park. Fort Anahuac is significant in the history of Texas

From The Texas Independence Trail Website - Historic Sites and Cities

Anahuac: Fort Anahuac Park

TEXIANS REVOLT

Fort Anahuac, established in 1830 along a bluff above the mouth of the Trinity River and Galveston Bay, served as new headquarters for soldiers under the command of Colonel Juan Davis Bradburn, a native Kentuckian serving in the Mexican army. Bradburn’s orders were to enforce the Law of April 6, 1830, a set of decrees designed to control the independent-minded group of Texian colonists who had arrived to settle the Mexican-controlled territory. Among the unpopular mandates of the law, perhaps the most egregious to the Texians required that Colonel Bradburn end the flood of American immigrants, many of them entering illegally, into the Texas territory from other regions in the United States. The Mexican government preferred to populate the territory with fellow citizens (it was, after all, part of Mexico) and Europeans. The ruling was short-lived, however. Animosity between the garrison soldiers and the Texians grew, eventually culminating in gunfire and a series of skirmishes and finally driving Bradburn and his soldiers from the region. The wooden structures of Fort Anahuac burned, courtesy of the victorious Texians, and the confrontation served as the final and decisive one at Anahuac before a full-blown Texas Revolution exploded across the territory.

By the 1930’s, one hundred years after construction, little of the fort remained. The fort’s surviving brick, handmade on site, was confiscated over the years by locals for use in other buildings and the last remaining fort wall succumbed to a rechanneling of the Trinity River when it collapsed into the water. Today, Fort Anahuac Park offers a boat ramp, a wooden fishing pier, and a children’s playground. Preliminary archeological excavations at Anahuac have been carried out, and plans for a full-scale excavation and the construction of an interpretive museum are included in this historic site’s future.

Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial In Honor Of: Dedicated To The Men and Women Who Served Our Nation At Home And Abroad Marker Text: Front: Dedicated To The Men and Women Who Served Our Nation At Home And Abroad "For those who have had to fight for it, freedom has a different flavor than the protected will ever know" Back: American Legion Freeman Spath Post 104 Chambers County Veterans Memorial Fort Anahuac Park Anahuac, Texas Who Put it Here?: American Legion Freeman Spath Post 104 Description of Memorial: The total area of the Chambers County Veterans Memorial is approximately 3,100 square feet. With the exception of the entryway it is completely enclosed with a heavy black chain. The monument is a grey granite monolith with text on both sides. There is a large area of pavers with the names of veterans from Chambers County. Outside the fence is a German 105 mm Howitzer, which used to be at the county courthouse. (The plaque for the Howitzer is still at the courthouse.) Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed Date of dedication: Not listed

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