Anthony Marcellus Burton

				
From: AMBurton < andy  -at-  ski-quest  -dot-  com >
Sat, 3 Mar 2001 

TO: The Several who wrote Historical Messages 
       for Independence Day and emailed them to me

I am Andy Marcellus Burton, born in 1922 at Cost, Gonzales County,Texas about 3 miles from
where the first shot was fired.  I am a student of Texas History and enjoyed the messages. A bit
more history from memory: I was present for the ceremony in 1936 in the Cost School
Auditorium when Governor James V.  Allred unveiled and dedicated the monument. I also
remember the flood in 1936 when the Gonzales cannon was uncovered in a peach orchard and a
rural mail carrier brought it to the Post Office. It was on display in the lobby when I applied for
my Social  Security card, which I still carry. I graduated from GHS in 1939, and still have roots
there.....Andy Burton, Houston, Texas.......

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