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6 the Hays County Texas State Historical Survey Committee dedicated a flag and the flagstaff at the entrance of the cemetery. The following is an excerpt from her speech. The giant oaks spread their shadows, giving a sense of reverence, quiet and peace. Buried on the hill beneath the oaks are public officers, preachers, teachers, doctors, farmers, ranchers, journalists, lawyers, and three presidents of Southwest Texas State College: Professor T.G. Harris, Dr. C.E. Evans and Dr. John G. Flowers. There are people from all walks of life, all ranks of the Armed Forces, who fought at San Jacinto, Appomatox, San Juan Hill, the Argonne Forest, Omaha Beach, the Rocks of Corregidor, the beach of Two Jima, Korea, and now, Vietnam. Some graves have large stones~ some are marked by a simple field stone~ and some are unmarked. There is one grave of a War of 1812 veteran, Louis Lawshe, who died in 1876. His grave marked by the Daughters of 1812 Chapter of Austin, in 1945. Near the Tabernacle is a weatherbeaten stone on which is carved a Texas flag. It bears the inscription: "Walker Wilson, a Texas veteran and a soldier of San Jacinto, died Sept. 8, 1876 (age 76, born 1800)". There are seven other veterans of the Republic of Texas, most of whom were in the Battle of San Jacinto. Five veterans of the Mexican War are buried in the Cemetery. Confederate veterans number 157, as near as can be determined. Many of the graves were marked with the small silver star in May, 1917, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. There are four veterans of the Union Army