San Jacinto Day

Tyler Morning Telegraph ^ | 4/20/2008

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Battle That Gained Texas Independence Observed Today

Today is San Jacinto Day, a state holiday observing the April 21, 1836, battle near Houston in which a Texas army led by Gen. Sam Houston defeated Mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

Historians cite it as the decisive battle in Texas gaining independence from Mexico. Sam Houston's approximately 900 men, infuriated by the deaths of about 550 comrades at the Alamo and the Goliad massacre, took just 18 minutes to win a battle that left 630 Mexican soldiers dead and another 730 in captivity, according to historical accounts. Santa Anna agreed to pull back his other armies.

Only nine Texans died at San Jacinto, won with relative ease because Santa Anna failed to post lookouts during a siesta and camped just beyond a ridge that left him vulnerable to a sneak attack.

An inscription on the monument's base spells out why some historians have listed the battle as among the most important in human history:

"The freedom of Texas from Mexico won here led to annexation and to the Mexican War, resulting in the acquisition by the United States of the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Almost one third of the present area of the American nation, nearly a million square miles of territory, changed sovereignty."

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“Remember the Alamo”, “Remember Goliad”

[Eurale]

Thank God for Emily West Morgan!

[Izzy Dunne]

Remember Emily Morgan.

[basil]

And remember to tell the Reconquestas (sp?) to STFU!

Proud to be a Texan, today and everyday.

[mikethevike]

Someone should mail this to Absolut eh?

[Allegra]

Ping!

[LS]

My birthday-—San Jacinto Day! And a great day it was!

[ladtx]

Gen. Santa Anna Brought Before A Wounded Gen. Sam Houston, After The Battle Of San Jacinto

[savedbygrace]

Speaking of Sam Houston:

The 67 ft Sam Houston Statue on US75 in Huntsville, TX, sure is impressive, especially at night approaching from the south. There is a double bend in the highway, so it looks like you’re headed straight toward a ginormous apparition in the middle of the highway.

[ladtx]

[Howie66]

“Remember the Alamo”, “Remember Goliad”

You beat me too it!!

[savedbygrace]

Did I say US75? Silly me. It’s Interstate 45.

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Have a Happy Day!

[thackney]

My client has this as a holiday.

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Ping!

[ElkGroveDan]

I think I will forward this around the building where I work today, which has more than its share of reconquista foot soldiers.

[Froufrou]

the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Almost one third of the present area of the American nation, nearly a million square miles of territory, changed sovereignty."

And which La Rasa would happily deny and rename Aztlan.

[Rightly Biased]

Remember Goliad

[Americanexpat]

That averages out to about 35 Mexican soldiers killed every minute during the course of the battle. The Texans armed with single shot muskets, rifles and pistols and tomahawks and knives. Pretty savage fighting to say the least.

[r-q-tek86]

Also Aggie Muster day.