 The UDC financed this project with bake sales, teas, and quilting bees and was supported by the citizenry of San Antonio.Perpetual use of land for the statue in Travis Park was given to the United Daughters of the Confederacy by unanimous vote of the City Council and the City of San Antonio in 1899.This memorial was removed by order of the San Antonio, TX city council on August 31, 2017.