Harris County Texas Archives Photo Tombstone.....Plaza, De Zavala
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Cemetery:           San Jacinto Memorial Park
Name:               De Zavala Plaza

Date Of Photograph: 2005
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State Historical Survey Committee

De Zavala Plaza

Name honors Lorenzo De Zavala, Vice President of Republic of Texas (Ad
Interim, March 17 - Oct 17, 1836)

Born in Yucatan and educated in the Seminary of Ildefonso, De Zavala was an
ardent liberal who was jailed 1814-1817 for political activities. In prison he
learned English and became a Medical Doctor. In 1821 he was a member of the
Cortes in Madrid, Spain, and later was Governor of a Province of Mexico.

After Mexico won independence from Spain, he kept working for democratic
reforms. Loyal to the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, he opposed Dictator Santa
Anna, and moved to Texas to seek freedom. On March 2, 1836, he signed Texas'
Declaration of Independence. Later he signed the Republic of Texas
Constitution.

Married twice, he had six children. The family honored his memory by keeping
alive his ideals after his early death. The Legislature of Texas in 1858 named
Zavala County in his honor.

Lorenzo De Zavala, many of his descendants, and some of their neighbors and
friends were interred in the De Zavala Family Cemetery, on the Plantation
across Buffalo Bayou from this site. This plaza is dedicated to the memory of
Vice President De Zavala, his family, and others buried in De Zavala Cemetery.

1970

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