Rob's Historic Sites

THEN & NOW! The Confederate Mothers Monument in Texarkana, Texas a century apart. The state line runs right down the middle of the road and through the middle of the US Post Office and Courthouse in the background. The Confederate Mothers Monument, also known as the Texarkana Confederate Memorial, is located at 500 State Line Avenue in Texarkana, Texas, just inside the Texas border near the Arkansas state line. Dedicated on April 21, 1918, it was commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and made with marble figures crafted in Italy. The monument features two statues: a Confederate soldier on top facing south and a Confederate mother at the base. The inscriptions read: "To our loyal Confederates" on the soldier’s base and "O Great Confederate Mothers, we would print your names on monuments, that men may read them as the years go by and tribute pay to you, who bore and nurtured hero sons and gave them solace on that darkest day, when they cam...

This week in history: Though vastly outnumbered, the Alamo’s 200 Texan defenders held back thousands of Mexican troops for 13 days before all were finally overpowered and killed. On the evening of March 6, 1836, nearly all the bodies of Alamo’s defenders killed during the prolonged battle were burned by order of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Santa Anna considered the men “pirates” not worthy of military courtesies or a Christian burial. Thus, the bodies were stripped, hauled to an area on today’s Commerce Street in San Antonio, and burned in three giant funeral pyres (as depicted in Gary Zaboly’s attached art work). The fires burned all night and the next day. The site is discussed in the articles below. Thanks to Allan Koester for his post. After Texas won its independence, it remained a sovereign nation for 10 years before being annexed by the United States. Texas sought Independence a 2nd time just 15 years later when it became one of the first states to secede from the US ...