Texas Heroes Monument
25th and Broadway, Galveston, TXGalveston businessman and generous philanthropist Henry Rosenberg gave $50,000 for a monument in "Memory of the heroes of the Texas Revolution of 1836." Wish was carried out by the executor, Major A.J. Walker. Louis Amateis was considered a noted sculptor in the country. Dedication ceremonies on April 21, 1900, were attended by thousands. Citizens of Galveston have strenuously objected to periodic suggestions that the monument is moved to simplify traffic at one end of the town's major inter-sections. It is the major monument in the city and represents the only monumental example of Beaux Arts sculpture from this period in the state.
Local significance of the object:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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