TEJANO MEMORIAL STATUE
DEDICATION CEREMONY INFORMATION
It is finally here. All the countless hours we’ve all spent on this amazing project, the vision is finally coming to fruition!
The Confederate Tejano Memorial Statue Dedication Ceremony is just a couple of weeks away and we’re just as excited as you are!
We’ve got some information we would like to get out there; and this information can be found on our website as well. Feel free to share the page from our website with your friends and family that will be attending.
WHEN:
The ceremony will be held on November 10th, 2024. We encourage everyone to arrive between 2pm and 3pm.
3pm is when the ceremony will begin.
WHERE:
Ruiz-Herrera Cemetery,
Ruiz Herrera Lane, Von Ormy, Texas 78073
PLEASE BE AWARE:
This an outdoor event and there is no shade. Please dress appropriately for the setting and you may consider bringing an umbrella.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own seating and snacks.
Bring hearing protection as there will be a rifle salute and a cannon shot.
Water will be available at the event.
We are very excited to have everyone attend and come be a part of history in the making! We’re looking forward to seeing y’all there.
About
In the Ruiz-Herrera Cemetery rest Tejano heroes. Jose Francisco Ruiz and Jose Navarro are the only 2 Tejano signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Francisco “Don Pancho” Ruiz who was Alcalde during the battle of the Alamo is buried there. The “Paul Revere of the Alamo,” Blas Herrera, and his family are buried there as well. Camp Commander Christian Lee was contacted about aiding this family cemetery.
There is interest in placing memorial crosses, restoring the old markers and placing new headstones for Confederate veterans buried there. Among the sons of Ruiz and Herrera that were members of the Medina Guards CSA, are men who served under Santos Benavides, RIP Ford and Alfred Marmaduke Hobby. We have identified 9 Confederate Tejano’s and have evidence of 6 more.
Cemetery and city officials have also offered us a marble plinth to erect our own Confederate monument and we will commission a custom 6ft – 8ft bronze statue of a Tejano Confederate soldier. Our goal is to get as many people & organizations to partner with us as possible so all our brother and sister historical societies can share in this amazing opportunity.
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alamo City Guards Camp 1325
