Come and Take It

The touchstones of Goliad, the Alamo, and San Jacinto still resonate today. They’re more than just stories in the history books, though; they have a physical presence, too: the monuments of the Texas Centennial.

Before we begin… What’s a great song about Texas?

• Fannin Battleground

  The Texas Historical Commission has put together a website that covers all the “historic regions” of Texas. This one is about the Texas Independence Trail (you may have seen the highway signs), including the Fannin Battleground State Historic Site.

• Fannin’s Men Memorial

  Texas Escapes is a wonderful site that has cataloged many of the interesting places all across Texas. This page focuses on Goliad, and features a great photo of the Texas Centennial memorial at the grave of Fannin’s men.

• Alamo Cenotaph

  A good overview of the Spirit of Sacrifice monument in San Antonio.

• Monument Hill

  While not a part of the Texas Indepence Trail, the Monument Hill State Historic Site was part of the Texas Centennial construction project, and memorializes an important event in Texas history.

• The San Jacinto Monument

  The official site of the museum and monument.

• The Negelected Texas Centennial

  A photo gallery showing the effort by the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission to restore some 1,100 granite markers and monuments that were constructed as part of the Texas Centennial and then allowed to fall into various states of neglect.

• LaSalle monument

  The monument to LaSalle erected near Indianola.