Bicentennial of the Texas Rangers to be recognized in Menard

Mark your calendars for the Memorial Day recognition of Texas Rangers buried at Menard's Pioneer Rest Cemetery. 

  • TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE- On Memorial Day this special commemorative ag will placed at each graves of a former Texas Ranger buried in Menard at Pioneer Rest Cemetery. The recognition is in honor of the 200 year anniversary of the Texas Rangers law enforcement organization. TMN photo.
    TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE- On Memorial Day this special commemorative ag will placed at each graves of a former Texas Ranger buried in Menard at Pioneer Rest Cemetery. The recognition is in honor of the 200 year anniversary of the Texas Rangers law enforcement organization. TMN photo.

    This year marks 200 years since the organization of the Texas Rangers—America’s oldest law enforcement agency. Former Rangers buried in Menard will be recognized on Memorial Day.

    In 1823, empresario Stephen F. Austin announced he would supplement the Mexican government’s militia patrols with his own force of ten men, whom he paid out of his own pocket. Thus, the Texas Rangers were born. Since their…