“She (Texas) has a history all her own, wild, romantic, heroic. Minstrels lay never told of deeds more daring than her sons have wrought, nor ever castle hall hath harp or bard hymned praise of purer faith than that her legends bear. Child of storms, the nursling of revolutions, the twilight of her history made her soil the battlefield of freedom, her children the crusaders of liberty." — Senator Temple Houston, youngest son of iconic Texas General Sam Houston, speaking at the Capitol dedication ceremony.