SOUTH SIDE OF MONUMENT: Erected in memory of J. W. Fannin and his comrades in arms April A. D. 1885

NORTH SIDE: Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad

EAST SIDE: Massacred March 27, A. D. 1836

WEST SIDE: Independence declared March 2, A. D. 1836, consummated April 21, A. D. 1836