Nine Men of Praha Monument explained

Nine Men of Praha Monument
Location:	Austin, Texas, U.S.

The Nine Men of Praha Monument, or Praha Monument,^[1] is a pink granite memorial installed in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas.^[2] It was dedicated by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on November 11 (Veterans Day), 2002, to commemorate nine soldiers from Praha who died during World War II.^{[1] [2]}

Texas Monthly has called the monument the "most haunting" of those installed at the cemetery. In 2008, the magazine's Gary Cartwright wrote: "The cemetery staff recalled vividly the day in 2002 that the stone was dedicated, how nearly the entire township arrived on two chartered buses."^[3]

External links

• The Nine Men of Praha at the Historical Marker Database
• The Nine Men of Praha -- Texas State Cemetery, Austin TX at Waymarking

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historic Walking Tour: Texas State Cemetery . Texas State Cemetery . 2024-06-03 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603125117/https://cemetery.tspb.texas.gov/cembrochure.pdf . live .
2. Web site: Monuments . . June 3, 2024 . August 20, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110820000937/http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/monuments.asp . live .
3. Web site: Cartwright . Gary . 2013-01-20 . Remains of the Day . 2024-06-03 . Texas Monthly . en . 2017-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171006012546/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/remains-of-the-day/ . live .