Benjamin Rush Milam, (sculpture).

Benjamin Rush Milam, (sculpture).

McLeary, Bonnie, 1893-1971, sculptor.

Benjamin Rush Milam, (sculpture).

Dedicated 1936. Cast 1937.

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Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: granite.

Figure: life-size; Base: approx. 16 x 8 x 8 ft.

(On proper right foot, at heel:) Bonnie Mc Leary ANH (On proper right foot:) 1937 (On base:) 1936 (On front of base:) BENJAMIN RUSH MILAM ASSISTED IN THE CAPTURE OF GOLIAD, OCTOBER 9TH, 1935, PLANNED/THE ATTACK ON SAN ANTONIO AND WAS KILLED ON DECEMBER 7TH,/1835 WHILE COMMANDING THE TEXAS FORCES WHICH LATER CAPTURED/THE TOWN./TRADED WITH THE TEXAS COMMANCHE INDIANS IN 1818, WAS A COLONEL IN THE LONG TRES PALACIOS EXPEDITION IN 1820, TEXAS/COLONIZER, 1826 TO 1835. FIRST NAVIGATOR OF THE UPPER RED/RIVER IN 1831./PREEMENANT (sic) HERO OF TEXAS, A MAN OF RARE ENISHATIVE (sic) AND/COURAGE OF A MODEST AND WILLING PERSONALITY, A DEVOTED/FRIEND BORN FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY IN 1788, A SOLDIER IN THE WAR/OF 1812./ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS 1936, WITH FUNDS APPROPRATED (sic) BY/THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS OF TEXAS/INDEPENDENCE. signed

Benjamin Rush Milam steps forward with his proper right leg and he raises a rifle above his head in his proper right hand. He originally held a scroll in his proper left clenched fist. He has a moustache and wears a shirt and an unbuttoned jacket. There is a pouch at his belt and his shirt-sleeves are rolled up above the elbows. The sculpture is mounted on a multi-sided pedestal, which is placed on a two-tiered rectangular base.

Portrait male -- Milam, Benjamin Rush -- Full length

History -- United States -- Texas

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Occupation -- Military -- Colonel

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Antonio

Administered by City of San Antonio, Parks and Recreation, 950 East Hildebrand, San Antonio, Texas 78212

Located Milam Park, West Commerce & North San Saba, San Antonio, Texas

Benjamin Rush Milam (1788-1835), was born in Frankfort, Kentucky. He was a soldier in the War of 1812; a colonel in the Tres Palacios expedition in 1820; a Texas colonizer, 1826-1835; and first navigator up the Red River, 1831. He died while commanding the Texas forces that later captured San Antonio. The sculpture was installed by the State of Texas, with funds appropriated by the federal government to commemorate the Texas centennial.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, San Antonio survey, 1993.

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