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Commissioners accept donated Alamo plaque for county courthouse, appoint fundraising committee
Summary
The court accepted a donated bronze plaque reproducing William Barrett Travis’s Alamo letter, paid for by a private donor, and named a local committee — chaired by Dr. Neil Coates with Glenn Pugh as vice chair — to raise private funds for a display cradle and possible pay‑it‑forward donations to other counties.
Tarrant County Commissioners Court accepted a donated Alamo bronze plaque March 11 and appointed a committee to plan its display and related fundraising.
Dr. Reeves of the Alamo Letters Society told the court a private donor covered the $4,500 cost to produce the plaque for Taylor County and asked the court to accept the gift. The plaque reproduces William Barrett Travis’s famous letter and the project’s organizers said the goal is to place a copy in every Texas county courthouse.
The court appointed Dr. Neil Coates as chair and Glenn Pugh as vice chair of the Tarrant County Alamo project committee; the committee’s role is to raise private funds to pay for a cradle or display for the plaque and, optionally, to fund a $4,000 pay‑it‑forward donation to another county. The plaque donor’s name (Marshall Brown Roberts) will appear on the plaque, the presenters said.
Commissioner Bertram seconded the motion and the court approved the acceptance and committee appointments by a 4‑0 vote. County staff noted that the plaque itself was fully paid for and that the committee is expected to solicit private funds (not county funds) for display installation costs if necessary.
