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It is but natural that man should desire to leave some record of
his achievements for the information of succeeding generations.
This desire was manifested in the infancy of the race, and is shown
in monuments and chiseled stone, and in writings on skins and
reeds. Here in the South, when the great war of the '60s had
terminated and the various actors in the great drama had time to
look about them, the desire was universal that the record made by
Southern manhood should be perpetuated. The regiment of Texas
cavalry known as the "Terry Rangers'' shared that feeling; and when
the survivors began to meet in annual reunion this desire became
manifest. Two propositions appealed to them: one for a history
which should tell of their campaigns, their marches, battles,
hardships, sufferings; one for a monument which should contain the
name of every man who served in the regiment. For reasons which I
need not discuss here the plan for the history failed. All funds
raised for either purpose were combined into one and placed in
control of the monument committee. The equestrian statue which now
stands in the grounds of the State Capitol in Austin is the result.
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