Texas Volunteers Memorial
Texas Volunteers Memorial is a memorial in Socorro, New Mexico. Texas Volunteers Memorial is situated nearby to Socorro Cemetery, as well as near NMT Alumni Hill Park.- Type: Memorial
- Description: stone monument in the Socorro, New Mexico cemetery
- Also known as: “For Southern Independence” and “TVM”
- Inscription: “For Southern Independence - Victory Awaits You”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Mexico Mineral Museum and San Miguel de Socorro.
New Mexico Mineral Museum
Museum
Photo: JohnRakovan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Mexico Mineral Museum is situated 3,200 feet north of Texas Volunteers Memorial.
San Miguel de Socorro
Church
Photo: Kreuzfeld, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Miguel de Socorro is the Catholic church in Socorro, New Mexico, built on the ruins of the old Nuestra Señora de Socorro mission. The old mission was built around 1627, but was destroyed in 1680 during the Pueblo Revolt. San Miguel de Socorro is situated 1 mile east of Texas Volunteers Memorial.
Cottonwood Valley Charter School
School
Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of 4,579 feet. At the 2020 census, the population was 8,707. Cottonwood Valley Charter School is situated 2,500 feet east of Texas Volunteers Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Socorro and Luis Lopez.
Socorro
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Socorro is a town in the southwestern region of the state of New Mexico, in the United States of America.
Luis Lopez
Hamlet
Luis Lopez is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Luis Lopez had a population of 66. It lies between Socorro and San Antonio along the Rio Grande. Luis Lopez is situated 5 miles south of Texas Volunteers Memorial.
Texas Volunteers Memorial
- Categories: commemorative plaque and historic site
- Location: Socorro, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.06006° or 34° 3′ 36″ northLongitude
-106.90838° or 106° 54′ 30″ westInception
February 24th, 2012Operator
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Texas Division;Sons of the Confederacy, New Mexico Division; New Mexico Confederate Historical SocietyOpen location code
856M336R+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 5612477184OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q124407827
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