SHORT HISTORY

SHORT HISTORY• IN 2000, DR. CAYETANO BARRERA NOTICED NO POSITIVE

REFLECTION OF HISPANICS ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS, INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.

• FORMED A TEAM--DR. ANDRES TIJERINA, JAIME BEAMAN, RICHARD P. SANCHEZ, HOMERO VERA, AND RENATO RAMIREZ

• ENLISTED REP. KINO FLORES TO PASS FIRST BILL THROUGH LEGISLATURE IN 2001—DID NOT SPECIFY LOCATION OR PROVIDE FUNDING.

• ENLISTED SENATOR ZAFFIRINNI AND PASSED BILL IN 2007 WHICH PROVIDED LIMITED FUNDING—DID NOT SPECIFY LOCATION.

• ENLISTED REP. TREY MARTINEZ FISCHER AND PASSED BILL IN 2009 SPECIFYING SOUTH LAWN

• ENLISTED REP. RAYMOND TO WORK OUT DETAIL WITH STATE PRESERVATION BOARD

• FINAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT APPROVED ON JANUARY 5, 2010

• STARTED RAISING FUNDS TO COMPLETE PROJECT

MAJOR DONORS• IBC—TOTAL DONATIONS OVER 12 YEARS IN THE $200,000 RANGE.• R & P RAMIREZ, LTD—DONATIONS IN THE $125,000 RANGE• HOUSTON ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS--$100,000• WALMART—DONATION OF $100,000 FOR EDUCATIONAL

PROGRAM• AEP--$75,000• A T & T--$40,000• DON JOSE DODIER LAND AND CATTLE--$30,000• RANCHO EL NINO FELIZ, LAURO GUTIERREZ--$30,000• A.R. SANCHEZ, JR,--$25,000• SUMMERLEE FOUNDATION--$15,000

IN KIND DONORS

• JAIME BEAMAN—CASABELLA ARCHITECTS—ARCHITECURAL AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN—ESTIMATED VALUE $300,000 PRO-BONO

• JOSE I. GUERRA ENGINEERS—ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION—PRO-BONO

• MACIAS AND ASSOCIATES—LAND SURVEYORS• EANES ISD—STORAGE FACILITY

ARTIST’S RENDITION OF MONUMENT

GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

CEREMONIAL GROUND BREAKING

FINISHED VAQUERO

MINIATURE STATUE

BOY WITH GOAT

GIRL WITH LAMB

LONGHORN BULL

STATUES TRANSPORTED TO AUSTIN

GRANITE HAS BEEN SCULPTED

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS

FOUNDATION IS PREPARED

FOUNDATION IS POURED

GRANITE IS HOISTED TO FOUNDATION

GRANITE HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO FOUNDATION ON FEB 27

TASKS AHEAD

• ON FEBRUARY 27, GRANITE WAS TAKEN TO SITE.• STATUES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO AUSTIN• PLAQUES HAVE BEEN CAST AND AFIXED TO

PEDESTALS• RAILING HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED• FIRST THREE WEEKS IN MARCH WILL BE

CRUCIAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS MONUMENT.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

• WALMART FUNDED AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN ISD, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MODULES BEING IMPLEMENTED AT AUSTIN ISD THIS SEMESTER

• EXPECTATION THAT MODULES WILL BE EXPANDED TO OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ISD’S THROUGHOUT TEXAS

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

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