Image: Amon b kings men monument

Description: The Amon B. King's Men Monument is a 7.5-foot-tall bronze-cast statuary figure atop a 20.6-foot-tall octagonal shaft of granite in Refugio, Texas, United States. The monument memorializes the sacrifice of Captain Amon B. King and his Texas Army auxiliary forces during and after the Battle of Refugio during the 1836 Texas Revolution. The Texas Centennial Commission hired sculptor Raoul Josset and architect Donald S. Nelson to create the monument for the 1936 Texas Centennial. The monument was completed in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 27, 2018.
Title: Amon b kings men monument
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