Pray For Them

1 Timothy 2:2
Pray for every leader
and all who are in authority
so that we can live
peaceful, quiet lives
marked by godliness
and dignity.

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The Texian
Conroe, Texas
Montgomery County Library
Spring 2021

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THE TEXIAN STATUE
The Texians who volunteered
to fight were a rag-tag, undisciplined
and opinionated bunch not good
with taking orders and certainly not
well trained in military tactics.
Some like Davy Crockett, Sam Houston,
Stephen F. Austin, William Barrett
Travis and Jim Bowie would become
household names.  But the common man
that volunteered and fought for freedom
is who this statue honors.
The bronze sculpture pictured here
represents a veteran of the Texas
Revolution three years after the battle
of San Jacinto and on the day the
Lone Star Flag became the official flag
of Texas.  He has walked up a hill,?
dressed in a mixture of his best
and some from his fighting days.
The red sash is from the newly formed
Texas army.  They tied their sashes
on their right hip; every other army
tied theirs on their left.
He plants his flagstaff into the ground
remembering bitter defeats,
fallen brothers, countless struggles
and that final victory as he looks
into the uncertain distant horizon
as if to say, “Come and Take It.”