Quotes from patriots engraved on the walls greet visitors to the Texas State History Museum in Austin.
Unfortunately, in one case the engraved quote is now known to be bogus, a piece of fiction originally created for a children’s book.
Kent Biffle’s weekly article on Texas History in the Dallas Morning News reports the story:
Scholarly sleuth James E. Crisp will formally reveal to historians this week a jarring error literally carved in stone at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
In the sweeping lobby of the 6-year-old museum, a few steps from the state Capitol, visitors read on the wall stirring words of Tejano hero José Antonio Navarro:
“I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son.”
The quote is a permanent feature of the museum – or was. Dr. Crisp says Señor Navarro (1795-1871) didn’t utter those words. But he will tell us who did.
Posted by Ed Darrell 
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