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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”
1 posted on 04/21/2008 6:39:09 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

Thank God for Emily West Morgan!


2 posted on 04/21/2008 6:43:48 AM PDT by Eurale
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To: SwinneySwitch
Remember Emily Morgan.
3 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.)
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To: SwinneySwitch
And remember to tell the Reconquestas (sp?) to STFU!

Proud to be a Texan, today and everyday.

4 posted on 04/21/2008 6:44:30 AM PDT by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Someone should mail this to Absolut eh?


5 posted on 04/21/2008 6:46:12 AM PDT by mikethevike
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To: Eaker; TheMom; pax_et_bonum; humblegunner; thackney; Bender2

Ping!


6 posted on 04/21/2008 6:47:22 AM PDT by Allegra (Tehran delenda est)
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To: SwinneySwitch

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


7 posted on 04/21/2008 6:51:56 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
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To: SwinneySwitch

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


8 posted on 04/21/2008 6:52:05 AM PDT by ladtx ( "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - - Will Rogers)
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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.


9 posted on 04/21/2008 6:56:52 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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10 posted on 04/21/2008 7:00:18 AM PDT by ladtx ( "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - - Will Rogers)
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To: SwinneySwitch

“Remember the Alamo”, “Remember Goliad”

You beat me too it!!


11 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?)
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To: savedbygrace

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


12 posted on 04/21/2008 7:06:35 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: LS

Have a Happy Day!


13 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)
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To: Allegra

My client has this as a holiday.


14 posted on 04/21/2008 7:14:32 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Be_Politically_Erect; acoulterfan; Ultimatum; Sterco; expatguy; Paige; Tennessee_Bob; cspackler; ...

Ping!


15 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)
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I think I will forward this around the building where I work today, which has more than its share of reconquista foot soldiers.


16 posted on 04/21/2008 7:36:33 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (The road to hell is paved with the stones of pragmatism.)
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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.
17 posted on 04/21/2008 7:41:06 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: SwinneySwitch

Remember Goliad


18 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<><)
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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.
19 posted on 04/21/2008 8:25:28 AM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: Allegra

Also Aggie Muster day.


20 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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