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Title
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Joanna Troutman, Grave
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Creator
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Coppini, Pompeo L.
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Commemorates
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Troutman, Joanna
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Biographical Text
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Stone grave memorial featuring bronze plaque with text. Bronze statue of a girl placed on top. Completed by artist Pompeo L. Coppini.
The monument is located at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, TX, and was erected in memorial of Troutman. She is known as the originator and maker of the first lone star flag, commemorated through the sculptures depiction of a girl sewing a flag.
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Text
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THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO HONOR
JOANNA TROUTMAN
FOR THE SERVICE SHE RENDERED THE CAUSE
OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE.
BORN IN CRAWFORD COUNTY GEORGIA FEBRUARY 19, 1818.
SHE LIVED TO SEE TEXAS FREE AND ONE OF THE
MIGHTIEST STATES IN THE AMERICAN UNION, AND DIED AUGUST
1880. WHEN TEXAS WAS STRUGGLING TO ESTABLISH HER
RIGHTS AS A STATE IN THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC SHE SENT
FORTH AN APPEAL FOR HELP. GEORGIA RESPONDED BY
RAISING A BATTALION OF VOLUNTEERS, AND MISS JOANNA
TROUTMAN THEN 18 YEARS OF AGE, FIRED WITH HER LOVE OF
LIBERTY AND THE ZEAL OF THE VOLUNTEER, WITH HER OWN
HANDS MADE A BEAUTIFUL LONE STAR FLAG AND PRESENTED
IT TO THE GEORGIA BATTALION AND THEY LANDED IN TEXAS
WITH IT IN DECEMEBER 1835. THE FLAG WAS SYMBOLIC OF THE
LONE STRUGGLE TEXAS WAS MAKING. THE FLAG WAS UNFURLED
AT VELASCO AND LATER CARRIED TO GOLIAD WHERE IT PROUDLY
WAVED OVER THE WALLS OF THAT FORTRESS. THIS FLAG WAS
RAISED AS NATIONAL FLAG ON THE WALLS OF GOLIAD BY FANNIN
WHEN HE HEARD PF THE DECLARATION OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE
ON MARCH 8, 1836. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED OF WHITE SILK WITH
AN AZURE STAR OF FIVE POINTS. ON ONE SIDE WAS THE MOTTO:
"LIBERTY OR DEATH", AND ON THE REVERSE SIDE IN LATIN "WHERE
LIBERTY DWELLS THERE IS MY COUNTRY." THE TATTERED SHREDS
OF THIS FLAG SILENTLY WITNESSED THE MURDER OF FANNIN AND
HIS MEN AT GOLIAD SUNDAY MARCH 27, FOLLOWING. GENTLE, PURE,
PATRIOTIC, THE HANDS OF JOANNA TROUTMAN WROUGHT HER LOVE OF
LIBERTY INTO THE BEAUTIFUL LONE STAR FLAG WHICH WITNESSED
THE SACRIFICE OF THE MEN WHO BROUGHT IT TO TEXAS AS THE
EMBLEM OF INDEPENDENCE.
CAST BY - AMERICAN ART BRONZE FOUNDRY - CHICAGO - IL
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Date Created
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1913
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Type
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English
Grave
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English
Statue
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English
Display
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Project Researcher
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O'Neill, Iris
