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AUSTIN — A memorial that honors fallen Texas firefighters has run out of room for new names.
The Volunteer Firemen’s Monument on the south side of the Texas State Capitol grounds is the only memorial that honors firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The last name added to the memorial was in 2012. Since then new names have been added to a temporary granite slab on the ground.
The organization needs to raise $150,000 to build an expansion for more names. “Around the monument, we have low level hedges that we plan to take out and put granite pieces,” said Chris Barron, executive director of State Firemen’s and Fire Marshal’s Association of Texas. “On the front slate of the granite pieces will be the names of those fallen firefighters.”
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