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making of it a State park, it is designed to replace these iron mark-
ers with stone tablets.
At San Antonio, De Zavala Chapter has placed tablets in two
historic buildings as follows:
Inscription of tablet on the Veramendi house:
"The Veramendi House,
Where Ben Milam was killed
Dec. 7, 1835,
And where Bowie won his bride.
De Zavala Chapter,
Daughters of the Republic of Texas."
Inscription of tablet on the Hugo & Schemltzer building, which
is part of the old convent of the Mission San Antonio de Valero,
and is adjoining the Alamo:
"Part of the Franciscan Mission
San Antonio de Valero,
With the Alamo and this square,
The scene of heroism unsurpassed.
De Zavala Chapter,
Daughters of the Republic of Texas."
Perceiving that the old Spanish Mission' of San Jos6, the most
artistic of all these fine old buildings in the neighborhood of San
Antonio, was much in need of fencing to prevent our modern van-
dals from chipping its walls away, a fence was put around it by
the same chapter, and some very necessary repairs made in the
building itself. In this work the chapter was materially aided by
a donation of $50.00 from Miss Helen Gould, and $25.00 from
the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the
total outlay being $318.38.
The Henry Downs Chapter, Daughters of the American Revo-
lution, at Waco, has pledged itself to assist the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas in restoring or preserving the other missions,
and it is hoped that their example may be followed by the other
chapters throughout the State.
The interest recently awakened among the Federated Women's
Clubs of Texas on the subject of Texas history and the preservation261
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