The official store of the Texas Nationalist Movement.
Sam Houston commanded the army that won Texas independence at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, and served twice as President of the Republic. Six months before San Jacinto, he sent these words to the volunteers at Nacogdoches.
Texas Legends No. 4 as a Christmas ornament: the cameo on the front, his words on the back: “The morning of glory is dawning upon us. The work of liberty has begun.”
Round aluminum, about 3.5 inches across, printed on both sides, with a red ribbon. Printed to order.
Portrait after a photograph from the Mathew Brady studio, c. 1860-63. National Archives.