The official store of the Texas Nationalist Movement.
Thomas J. Rusk signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and served as the Republic's Secretary of War. He wrote these words at Harrisburg on April 19, 1836. Two days later he fought at San Jacinto.
Texas Legends No. 12 as a Christmas ornament: the cameo on the front, his words on the back: “What is life worth with the loss of liberty? May I never survive it!”
Round aluminum, about 3.5 inches across, printed on both sides, with a red ribbon. Printed to order.
Portrait after an engraving from a Mathew Brady daguerreotype. Image courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
