Fort Parker Memorial - Groesbeck, TX
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N 31° 32.876 W 096° 33.002
14R E 732572 N 3492932
At the center of Fort Parker Memorial Park Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM12XKG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2020
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Smithsonian Art Inventory"Roy Weldert and W.H. Dietz fabricated the base of the memorial and ordered the sculpture from Italy. When the sculpture was installed in 1932, Fort Parker Memorial Park was known as Glenwood Memorial Cemetery.
The statue honors the Fort Parker "martyrs." On March 19, 1836, Comanche and Kiowa Indians attacked the fort, killing Silas M. Parker and four others, wounding three, and capturing several residents, including Cynthia Ann, the Parker's daughter.
Three members of the pioneer Parker family stand side-by-side atop shaft. Silas M. Parker, stands about to leave the Fort, holding the barrel of a rifle with his right hand, the butt of which rests on the ground. He holds the rim of his wide-brimmed hat with his left hand. He is dressed in a long-sleeved shirt, a vest, pants and knee-high boots. To his left is Lucy Parker wearing a head covering and full-length dress, her head turned towards her husband. Her left hand rests on the shoulder of their young daughter, Cynthia Ann Parker, who stands beside her. The sculpture is mounted upon a shaft with a square column at each corner. The shaft rests on a tiered base set on a wide platform with two steps on each side."