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San Jacinto Day
Tyler Morning Telegraph ^
| 4/20/2008
Posted on 04/21/2008 6:39:09 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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."
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Colorado; US: Kansas; US: Nevada; US: New Mexico; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas; US: Utah; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: sanjacinto; texas
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Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad
To: SwinneySwitch
Thank God for Emily West Morgan!
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posted on
04/21/2008 6:43:48 AM PDT
by
Eurale
To: SwinneySwitch
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posted on
04/21/2008 6:44:23 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: SwinneySwitch
And remember to tell the Reconquestas (sp?) to STFU!
Proud to be a Texan, today and everyday.
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posted on
04/21/2008 6:44:30 AM PDT
by
basil
(Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
To: SwinneySwitch
Someone should mail this to Absolut eh?
To: Eaker; TheMom; pax_et_bonum; humblegunner; thackney; Bender2
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posted on
04/21/2008 6:47:22 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Tehran delenda est)
To: SwinneySwitch
My birthday-—San Jacinto Day! And a great day it was!
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posted on
04/21/2008 6:51:56 AM PDT
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of News)
To: SwinneySwitch
Gen. Santa Anna Brought Before A Wounded Gen. Sam Houston, After The Battle Of San Jacinto
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posted on
04/21/2008 6:52:05 AM PDT
by
ladtx
( "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - - Will Rogers)
To: SwinneySwitch
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.
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posted on
04/21/2008 6:56:52 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: savedbygrace
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posted on
04/21/2008 7:00:18 AM PDT
by
ladtx
( "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - - Will Rogers)
To: SwinneySwitch
Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad
You beat me too it!!
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posted on
04/21/2008 7:04:31 AM PDT
by
Howie66
(To the RAT Party: How can I question your patriotism? You have none, so what's your point?)
To: savedbygrace
Did I say US75? Silly me. It’s Interstate 45.
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posted on
04/21/2008 7:06:35 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: LS
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posted on
04/21/2008 7:11:35 AM PDT
by
SwinneySwitch
(US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
To: Allegra
My client has this as a holiday.
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posted on
04/21/2008 7:14:32 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Be_Politically_Erect; acoulterfan; Ultimatum; Sterco; expatguy; Paige; Tennessee_Bob; cspackler; ...
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posted on
04/21/2008 7:28:25 AM PDT
by
SwinneySwitch
(US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
To: SwinneySwitch
I think I will forward this around the building where I work today, which has more than its share of reconquista foot soldiers.
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posted on
04/21/2008 7:36:33 AM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(The road to hell is paved with the stones of pragmatism.)
To: SwinneySwitch
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.
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posted on
04/21/2008 7:41:06 AM PDT
by
Froufrou
To: SwinneySwitch

Remember Goliad
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posted on
04/21/2008 8:11:59 AM PDT
by
Rightly Biased
(Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
To: SwinneySwitch
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.
To: Allegra
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posted on
04/21/2008 11:21:43 AM PDT
by
r-q-tek86
(If you're not taking flak, you're not over the target.)
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