DUANE
Duane's take
The official marker tells it this way, and I'm just the one passin' it along. Now, the city of Seguin, Texas, carries a name that means something to the people who live there. And in 1974, those citizens did something that doesn't happen every day — they brought the remains of Juan Seguin back to this city.
Brought him home. Then they waited. Let the moment find its proper occasion.
And when that occasion came, it was a big one. July 4th, 1976 — the Bicentennial of the United States of America. On that day, the Bicentennial Committee and the City of Seguin reinterred the remains of Juan Seguin in a hillside plot overlooking the Guadalupe River Valley.
Now think about that for a second. A hillside. Looking out over a river valley.
The old road and ford to the south running right below. That site — about a mile southwest of where this marker stands — was well known to Juan Seguin himself. He knew that ground.
He knew that view. His grave is covered with a marble slab, and the site is now part of the city park system. So the land that was once familiar to him is still open, still visited, still looked after.
Some homecomings take a long time. This one took long enough that a whole nation's anniversary felt like the right moment to mark it. And up on that hillside, above the old road, above the ford, above the river valley — there he rests.
What the marker says
In 1974, the citizens of Seguin brought the remains of Juan Seguin to this city. On July 4, 1976, the Bicentennial Committee and the City of Seguin reinterred the remains of Juan Seguin in a hillside plot overlooking the Guadalupe River Valley. The site (about one mile southwest of here) is above the old road and ford to the south and was well known to Juan Seguin. His grave is covered with a marble slab and the site is a part of the city park system.