Posted on 04/21/2006 9:08:34 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment
Festival celebrates 170th anniversary of battleThe San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment on Saturday, April 22, 2006 is an independence celebration of Texas' legendary Battle of San Jacinto and the enduring, mythic spirit of Texas. The Festival is a full day of music, entertainment, food, games, and fun set amidst living history.
The Battle Reenactment is one of the largest in the state, complete with cannons, muskets, horses, pyrotechnics and hundreds of reenactors, dressed in uniforms that duplicate the real dress of the day. The reenactment includes the Runaway Scrape; the march of the Texas army from Gonzales to San Jacinto; the cannon duel that occurred on April 20, 1836; the final battle between the two forces; the surrender of Santa Anna to Houston; and finally, the laying of wreaths to honor the sacrifices of both armies, all narrated by Carl Hacker, PhD, J.D. (Note: Women and children will depict the hardships experienced by those Texians who, with their husbands and fathers at war, gathered the few belongings they could to flee the advancing forces of General Santa Anna in what became known as the Runaway Scrape.)
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The day in which a rag-tag group of fighters took on and crushed one of the best armies in the world - and won themselves a nation, the sovereign Republic of Texas.
Happy San Jacinto Day, y'all! Don't forget the traditional holiday observance of expelling a Mexican!
Can I play the part of Santa Anna?
Well, depending on who plays the Yellow Rose...?
"Happy San Jacinto Day, y'all! Don't forget the traditional holiday observance of expelling a Mexican!"
Works for me! How about declaring this a national holiday
It *is* a national holiday - in the Republic Of Texas. :-D
Texas really IS a whole other country. :-D
Isn't this a very un-pc holiday now?
After work today we're driving out to Lee and Bastrop counties to lay flowers at the graves of family that fought there.
We got this day off at A&M in '86 because it was the Sesquicentennial of the event. Whoop!
Remember the Alamo!
I work in Gonzales on Texas heroes Square
The Texas Flags are out today all around the memorial for the Gonzales 32 and the Old 18.
I really need to remember my camera on 2 Oct this year so I can catch it on film.
Remember the Alamo, remember Goliad!
A Proud Texas Bump!
Thanks, Fiji.
In memory of the most important 20 minute kickass battle in world history....
You should explane the Goliad massacre to the freepers, I am sure most don't know.
Six years ago, I visited the site of the Battle of Coleto Creek at Fannin, Texas. There were no other visitors there at the time--in sharp contrast to the Alamo, which gets about four million visitors a year.
Sorry bad link
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