I love roaming through cemeteries and stumbling across treasures like this. Really special to see pieces of history that make you want to learn more! Great job!
It is hard for me to choose papers and things for layouts in cemeteries or with monuments too. But this worked out well. Such information information. Now I will have to research more about Sam Houston! You have piqued my curiousity.
I never knew an inverted ax symbolized "Peace, the battle is over." How interesting. I always learn something from your layouts! You go to so many museums and historical places! Awesome monument with him on the horse!
At Oakwood Cemetery July 2018 This is the large granite monument to Sam Houston who is buried here. Wasn't sure what to use for this 2 pager. I used some gray cs and a marble pp (Asuka). A few Texas stickers and some stars and enamel dots (Altenew).
Journaling: Sam Houston died July 26, 1863 from pneumonia. He was buried the next day in this self-chosen grave near his friend, Henderson Yoakum. A Masonic funeral was held in the upstairs parlor of the Steamboat House, then located ¼ mile from this site. His family and friends traveled this distance in a rain storm during the funeral. On the 75th anniversary of the battle of San Jacinto, the state of Texas erected this monument on April 21, 1911, to the memory of Sam Houston. The Honorable William Jennings Bryan spoke to the hundreds of people in attendance proclaiming General Houston to be a national hero as well as a great Texas patriot. The monument is of Texas gray granite and represents Houston as the General in command of the Texas Army,. On the left is the figure of “Lady Victory” and on the right is “Lady History.” The inscription on the monument’s east side is thought to have been worded by Houston’s youngest daughter, Antoinette, who was in attendance at the ceremony. The wrought-iron fence which surrounds the grave site is designed with inverted battle-axes, symbolizing “Peace, the battle is over.”
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