​Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar

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Marker Text: ​Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar • The Father of Education in Texas • Born in Georgia August 16, 1798 • Founded the Columbus Enquirer • Came to Texas in 1836 • He commanded the cavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto • Served successively as Secretary of War, Vice President and President of the Republic of Texas • Secured a public endowment for schools, academies and a university • Fought with distinction in the Mexican War • Served in the Texas Legislature and as Minister to Nicaragua • Died in Richmond Texas on the nineteenth day of December 1851 (1936) 

Marker No: 15563

Erected 1936

Statue

Geographic: 29.581860,-95.761803

401 Jackson Street, Richmond