(AP) -- AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The State Preservation Board has approved the design of a monument on the Texas Capitol grounds to honor Tejanos who first settled what would become Texas.
The monument was approved by the Legislature in 2009 to commemorate the Spanish-Mexican legacy in Texas but was nearly nine years in the making. The preservation board, led by Gov. Rick Perry, unanimously approved the site and design Tuesday.
Bronze plaques in front of the monument will describe Tejano history. The monument will sit on a granite base. One part of the monument will be a bronze sculpture of a Tejano on horseback. The monument will be located on the south grounds of the Texas Capitol.
Longtime advocates for the Tejano monument responded with applause when the preservation board took its vote.
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