Located south of LaGrange, Texas.
On September 18, 1848, the remains of Texans killed at the Dawson Massacre and the Black Bean Episode were buried in a ceremony at this site. Their remains were dug up from the shallow grave they were buried in in 1842 and reinterred here.
They are in a common tomb in a sandstone vault and the location is now known as Monument Hill.
Over 1,000 attended it, including U.S. Senator Sam Houston.
The monument itself is quite impressive.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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