Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution

In 1889, during the Centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States, a group of Revolutionary War soldiers' descendants gathered in New York to form a society to promote awareness of the Revolutionary War period. Named the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, the organization inspired the formation of a state society in Texas in 1896. Meeting at the Tremont hotel, which formerly stood at this site, a group of Texans organized the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution on December 8, 1896, electing as president former speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Ira Hobart Evans (1844-1922). The Texas society was admitted into the national society in 1897, and the founding group became the state's first chapter, Galveston No. 1. Since the late 1920s, over thirty chapters have been established across the state. Texas society chapters have been active in promoting awareness of the Revolutionary War period through the pursuit of patriotic, educational, and historical objectives.

Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution is a historical marker in Galveston, Galveston County, dedicated in 1991. It is one of 281 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 352 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.3039, -94.7934 near Galveston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Star Drug Store (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Levy, E. S., and Company, Merimax Building, and Eiband's.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5167011579. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.