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They were second generation Americans. Their fathers fought in the American Revolutionary War. They had the American ideals of Freedom, self representation, and self determination, taught to them at the knees of their fathers. Around the fireplace they were told about the horrors of Monarchy and Dictatorship. They were also, Frontiersman. They wanted to live on the edge of civilization. Tejas or Texas was perfect for them. It attacked them to Texas like moths to a flame. So it was inevitable that the unstable and constantly changing government of Mexico would soon come to clash with these newest of Mexican citizens, the Notreamericanos. In order to become a landowner in Texas, you needed to become a Mexican citizen and a Roman Catholic. Most of the new settlers agreed to these terms as long as they qualified for the land. Land, the reason they were here. March 2, 1836, a convention was held at a new river crossing on the Brazos. Washington of the Brazos as it was later called, ended with a formal Declaration of Independence, written by the new Texians. They demanded many of the freedoms that their forefathers demanded from the British. On February 24, William Travis wrote his letter from the Alamo, pleading for aid, and on March 6, 1836, the Alamo and its defenders fell. Sam Houston was the general on a non-existent army. As his army grew to a little over 300 militia, they met the survivors of the Alamo in Gonzales. A small collection of women, children, and slaves with a message to deliver to General Houston from General Santa Anna. "Run as fast as you can to Louisiana or you will meet the same fate as the Defenders of the Alamo" Texas history defines the next six weeks as "The Runaway Scrape" and it ended on the afternoon of April 21, 1836. The Texas Army led by General Houston attached the napping army of General Santa Anna. In a short eighteen minutes, the surprised Mexican army was defeated and Texas was victorious.
Photo by TexanaStudios Copyright 2003 Re-enactors attacking the Mexican Breastwork on the very spot at the San Jacinto Battlefield
Texana Tours can show you the battlefield like no other. We will show you their campsites, the land they marched over, Peggy's Swamp where most of the battle took place, and most of all the spot where General Houston was shot off his horse, Saracen. We will show you the San Jacinto Monument, taller than the Washington Monument,
a great museum, and a great multi-visual presentation called Texas Forever!! The Battle of San Jacinto.
The Jesse H. Jones Theatre for Texas Studies puts you at the battle for Texas independence.
and we will also show you a great WWI/Dreadnaught Class Battleship, the USS Texas BB36
You will have a great day, one that you will remember for a long time.
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