Subject: John, did you hear? Austin’s Official Seal is being removed by liberal leftists? They call it inclusion; we know it is cultural vandalism and historic theft.

From	Anna Derbyshire <[email protected]>
Subject	John, did you hear? Austin’s Official Seal is being removed by liberal leftists? They call it inclusion; we know it is cultural vandalism and historic theft.
Date	September 10, 2025 12:09 PM

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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Stand with Texans! Stop the destruction of the Texas state capital’s official seal. Demand that Governor Abbott, Mayor Watson, and the Austin City Council Return Austin’s Shield to Its Rightful Place Don’t Mess with Texas Heritage!  </h3>
SIGN for TEXAS!

Dear John,

We called him “Daddy George.” Even though he was our grandfather, he was a “Dad” to everyone who knew him. He owned a farm in Cooke County, Texas. That’s how you identify land in Texas, not by city, but by county. And how much of it you owned mattered. The entire county once belonged to Daddy George’s Aunt Lucy. He bought a sliver of it, but you never would have known, from the way he carried himself, that he didn't own half of Texas. At his table, two things were certain: we never left hungry, and we never left early. Oh, how he could spin a tall tale. We sat and listened to the stories of the old days, stories that tied us to the land, to our people, and to the legacy that made us Texans. In my family, our Texas roots run deep. They reach back to our ancestor, John Henry Dillard, who fought and died at the Alamo. Heritage is not just a word to Texans; it is precious. It is what binds us together, and it is what outsiders can never quite understand. That is why this fight matters so much. Right now, there is a battle in Austin that most Texans know nothing about, and the Left hopes to keep it that way. Austin City Hall is moving to wipe away the city’s 1916 historic seal and replace it with a flimsy two-tone means-nothing type of “logo.” They spent more than one million of our hard-earned dollars on this stunt. They say the new design is about “inclusivity” and “representation.” In reality, it is about tearing down our history and erasing the story of the Texans who fought, prayed, and sacrificed to build this state. The Austin seal is not decoration. It is the badge of our State Capital. It carries our foundations, our values, and our strength. Look at what it represents: <ul> <li>The Texas Capitol dome, the tallest statehouse dome in America, was built taller than Washington, D.C.’s on purpose to show that Texas is independent and strong.</li> <li>The lamp of knowledge, honoring the founding of the University of Texas in 1883, our first state university, shines for wisdom and truth.</li> <li>The wings of aspiration, lifting the generations that come after us.</li> <li>The red, white, and blue of the Lone Star flag and the Republic for which she stands.</li> <li>And at the heart of it all, the Cross, a testament to Stephen F. Austin’s Christian faith and to the spiritual roots of Texas.</li> </ul> This is not the first time the Leftists have attacked the Austin seal. In the 1990s, atheist activists dragged it into court, trying to strip away the cross. That fight went all the way to the Supreme Court. Texans fought and won. The cross on Austin city seal survived. But this time, in 2025, the attack is coming from within. City Hall itself is determined to rip the historic shield, off every flag, every document, and every city building.  They have already set a timeline. By October, the new logo is scheduled to roll out, and the 1916 Austin seal will disappear from use. Once it is gone, it will be nearly impossible to restore. Texans cannot stay silent now. This fight is harder than Cracker Barrel. When Cracker Barrel tampered with its historic logo, citizens raised their voices so loud that the company had no choice but to back down for self-preservation and bottom-line economics. That was a win for ordinary people. But this fight is against City Hall, armed with our tax dollars, used against us. We are paying for our own erasure, which makes this fight even more infuriating. Trading a century of faith, history, and honor for a blue-and-green scribble is not inclusivity. It is vandalism. It is theft. It spits in the face of every Texan who worked, fought, and sacrificed for this state.
Sign the petition now. Tell Governor Abbott, Mayor Watson, and the Austin City Council that the 1916 City Seal must be restored and protected for every Texan.
This fight over Austin’s seal is not just about a logo. It is a chapter in a much older plan, one that deep leftist thinkers laid out almost a century ago. Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist, wrote in his Prison Notebooks that power is not kept by violence alone but by what he called “cultural hegemony.” He explained that if you capture a people's schools, media, churches, and symbols, you can change what they believe about themselves. Once you erase their traditions, you can rebuild them in your image. That is what we are seeing now. They come for monuments and emblems, stripping away the symbols of our heritage. They move into our schools, dismantling real learning and reshaping history. And in the end, their ultimate aim is to reach into our homes, ripping faith from our children and grandchildren. I wish this were a tall tale. But we see it at every turn. This is not random. It is deliberate. It is a purposeful destruction of who we are as a people. Texans are bound together by a shared legacy that runs deep. We come from many races, nationalities, and experiences, but the heritage of this land belongs to anyone bold enough to claim it as their own. Those who are not born here come to Texas because they want to share in it. The Lone Star flies just as high as the Stars and Stripes because Texans wrote that into the treaty of statehood as a symbol of our independence. Texas symbols mean something to Texans! Patriotism for Texas and for America is in our culture, in our families, and in our bones. The radicals understand this, which is why they are targeting the Austin seal. They want to erase the Capitol dome, emblem of our strength, the flame of education, emblem of our wisdom, and the cross, emblem of our faith. The goal is to erase Texans’ very identity. Because Texas offends them.  This is not careless. It is by design. The Left wants a blank slate they can write on. And they know that if they can do it in Texas, they can do it anywhere. 
Defend Texas heritage. Tell Governor Abbott, Mayor Watson, and the Austin City Council to restore Austin’s shield before it is too late.
The seal does not belong to City Hall. It belongs to Texans. Politicians are caretakers, not owners. They cannot rewrite our story. And they know what happens when Texans unite. Nobody wants to stand on the wrong side of history in a fight against Texans. With enough public pressure, they will back down. Just like Cracker Barrel, they will have no choice. If we win, the 1916 seal will be restored, our culture and history will be defended, and Texans will show the nation that heritage belongs to the people, not to liberal politicians or woke consultants. If we lose, the seal will vanish. A sacred emblem will be gone. In its place will be a meaningless design that erases faith, wisdom, and patriotism in the very heart of our State. And when Austin City Hall gets away with it, they will do it again and again, using our tax dollars to erase more of our emblems, our history, our traditions, and values. They already paid more than one million taxpayer dollars on this stunt and will spend countless millions more to remove and replace every trace of the heritage seal. Now is the moment to act. The deadline is weeks away. Once the new logo rolls out, the old seal will be gone. They are counting on you to do nothing. They are counting on silence from the silent majority. And their business can go on as usual: destroying, dismantling, and disassembling our heritage. Texans have never backed down from a fight worth fighting. We will not start now.
Guard the heart of Texas. Tell Governor Abbott, Mayor Watson, and the City Council to restore Austin’s Sacred Seal now.
Standing up for faith, wisdom, and grit that built Texas.
Anna Derbyshire and the entire CitizenGO Team
P.S. Tell those liberals, “Don’t Mess with Texas.” Let’s make Daddy George proud...even though he was born in Colorado. Sign and share this with every Texan, and everyone who wishes they were one!
<hr /> More information: Austin is spending $1 million on a new logo meant to evoke city's hills, 'violet crown skies' <a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" id="" >[link removed] </a> Bigger disappointment than Arch': Austin's new logo draws mixed reactions <a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" id="" >[link removed]</a> People really, really, dislike the City of Austin's new logo <a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" id="" >[link removed] </a>

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