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==Legacy== One of Crockett's sayings, many of which were published in almanacs between 1835 and 1856 (along with those of [[Daniel Boone]] and [[Kit Carson]]), was: "Always be sure you are right, then go ahead''."''{{sfn|Groneman|2005|page=201}} While serving in the United States House of Representatives, Crockett became a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]]. He entrusted his masonic apron to a friend in Tennessee before leaving for Texas, and it was inherited by the friend's descendant in Kentucky.<ref>"...{{nbsp}}made for him by Mrs. A.C. Massie of Washington, D.C., during his tenure in Congress. Before leaving for Texas, he entrusted the apron to the sheriff of Weakley County, Tennessee, and it was inherited and preserved by the sheriff's nephew, E.M. Taylor of Paducah, Kentucky. The lodge at Weakley County, near the Crockett home, burned during the Civil War destroying all the lodge records. From The Texas Mason By Pete Normand, PM Texas Lodge of Research"; {{cite web|last=Crockett |first=Davy |title=Grand Lodge of Texas |url=http://www.grandlodgeoftexas.org/node/131 |work=Masonic Research |publisher=Grand Lodge of Texas |access-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512133944/http://www.grandlodgeoftexas.org/node/131 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 }}</ref> In 1967, the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Postal Service]] issued a 5-cent stamp commemorating Davy Crockett.<ref>{{cite web | title = Stamp Series | publisher = United States Postal Service | url = http://www.uspsstamps.com/stamps/series/american-folklore |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213211823/http://uspsstamps.com/stamps/series/american-folklore | archive-date = December 13, 2013 | access-date = January 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=37d89723e7d94e8f2c213f09507236fbc7563096 Davy Crockett stamp] U.S. Stamp Gallery</ref> ===Namesakes=== [[File:Lawrenceburg Square.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Col. Crockett statue, Lawrenceburg Public Square]] '''Tennessee''' * [[David Crockett Birthplace State Park]], [[Greene County, Tennessee|Greene County]] * [[David Crockett State Park]], [[Lawrence County, Tennessee|Lawrence County]]<ref>{{cite web|title=David Crockett State Park|url=http://state.tn.us/environment/parks/DavidCrockettSP/|publisher=Tennessee Dept of Environment and Conservation|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Crockett County, Tennessee]]; its county seat is [[Alamo, Tennessee|Alamo]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Crockett County, Tennessee|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=332|encyclopedia=Tennessee Encyclopedia|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[David Crockett High School (Tennessee)|David Crockett High School]], [[Jonesborough, Tennessee|Jonesborough]] '''Texas''' * [[Crockett County, Texas|Crockett County]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Julia Cauble|title=Crockett County|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcc26|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Crockett, Texas|Crockett]], [[Houston County, Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Long|first1=Christopher|title=Crockett, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfc15|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=January 24, 2013|last2=Bishop |first2=Elize H.}}</ref> * [[Crockett High School (Austin, Texas)|Crockett High School]], [[Austin independent school District]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Crockett High School|url=http://www.crocketths.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506064643/http://www.crocketths.org/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 6, 2012|publisher=Austin ISD|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> * Davy Crockett Lake, [[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Davy Crockett Lake|url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/davy_crockett/|publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> * Davy Crockett Loop, Prairies and Pineywoods Wildlife Trail β East<ref>{{cite web|title=Davy Crockett Loop|url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wildlife/wildlife-trails/pineywoods/east/davy-crockett-loop|work=Great Texas Wildlife Trails|publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Crockett Middle School (Amarillo, Texas)|Crockett Middle School]], Amarillo * [[Davy Crockett National Forest]], [[Angelina County, Texas|Angelina County]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Davy Crockett National Forest|url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/texas/about-forest/districts/?cid=fswdev3_008441|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> * Davy Crockett School, [[Dallas independent school District]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Davy Crockett School|url=http://www.dallascityhall.com/historic/html/davy_crockett_school.html|publisher=Dallas City Hall|access-date=January 24, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510055205/http://www.dallascityhall.com/historic/html/davy_crockett_school.html|archive-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> * Crockett Elementary School, [[Abilene independent school District]], [[Abilene, Texas]] (closed 2002) * Crockett Street, a major thoroughfare in [[Downtown San Antonio]] * Crockett Street in [[Beaumont Texas]], ending in a pedestrian walk in the historic downtown area. * [[Fort Crockett]], [[Galveston County, Texas|Galveston County]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Darst|first=Maury|title=Fort Crockett|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qbf12|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> [[File:Cenotaph of the Alamo defenders (fragment), San Antonio, Texas, USA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Alamo Cenotaph]]]] '''Miscellaneous''' * [[Davy Crockett (nuclear device)|M28 Davy Crockett Weapon System]]: a small Nuclear weapons system, the smallest developed by the U.S. which could be fired from a light vehicle, or from a tripod mounted launcher.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Davy Crockett|url=http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/archive/nucweapons/davyc|publisher=The Brookings Institution|access-date=January 24, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526164546/http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/archive/nucweapons/davyc|archive-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref> * Crockett Park, north of downtown San Antonio ===Monuments=== * [[Alamo Cenotaph]], [[San Antonio]], sculptor [[Pompeo Coppini]], west panel of the Cenotaph features a Crockett statue and a statue of [[William B. Travis]] in front of other Alamo defenders<ref>{{cite web|title=Alamo Cenotaph|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/gga02|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association}}</ref> * David Crockett Statue, Statues of Heroes at [[Alamo Mission|The Alamo]], by [[George Lundeen]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statues of Heroes |url=https://www.thealamo.org/visit/whats-at-the-alamo/statues-of-heroes |access-date=March 8, 2025 |website=The Alamo}}</ref> * David Crockett Statue, [[Ozona, Texas]], sculptor William M. McVey<ref>{{cite web|title=David Crockett Statue, Ozona, Tx|date=March 22, 2013 |url=http://www.ozonamuseum.com/sights/|publisher=Crockett County Museum|access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>{{sfn|Little|1996|page=348}} * Life-size statue Colonel David Crockett, Public Square, [[Lawrenceburg, Tennessee]], W. M. Dean Marble Company of [[Columbia, Tennessee|Columbia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawrenceburg Public Square |url=http://www.lawrenceburg.com/publicsquare/ |publisher=City of Lawrenceburg |access-date=January 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423141335/http://www.lawrenceburg.com/publicsquare/ |archive-date=April 23, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=D Crockett Statue, Lawrenceburg, Tn|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4DDW_Davy_Davy_Crockett|publisher=Waymarking|access-date=January 25, 2013}}</ref>
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