M. B. Lamar Class Photos

Maribeau B. Lamar Elementary School

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was the second president of the Republic of Texas and fought during the Mexican War.

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was born on August 16, 1798 in Louisville, Georgia. He became secretary to the governor of Georgia and later moved to Texas, where he fought in the independence struggle against Mexico. He became secretary of war in the provisional government of Texas, then vice president of Texas under Sam Houston. In 1838 Lamar won his own term as president. He died in 1859.

Lamar's proposal that the Congress establish a system of education endowed by public lands resulted in the act of January 26, 1839, which set aside land for public schools and two universities. Although it was decades before the school system was established, Lamar's advocacy of the program earned for him the nickname "Father of Texas Education."

To learn more about M. B. Lamar go to: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fla15

If you attended Maribeau B. Lamar Elementary School, you can submit class photographs to me atpamprice1965@gmail.com. Please submit them in .jpg format with the grade level and teacher of the photograph. If you know the year, that would be helpful. Also, please send a document, along with the grade level and year, listing the students in the photographs starting with the bottom row - moving up to the top row. (Write unknown for those you cannot identify.)