The Battle of San Jacinto

The weather was beautiful yesterday. Instead of staying home we decided to head out to the San Jacinto Monument to watch the reenactment of The Battle of San Jacinto. San Jacinto was one of the decisive battles of the world. The freedom of Texas from Mexico was won here and resulted 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. It was a pretty important battle and led to the capture of the Dictator Santa Anna. The actual battle only lasted 18 minutes. The reenactment lasted about an hour. We really enjoyed it and got a great history lesson. If you want to learn more about The Battle of San Jacinto there are some great facts here: http://earlytexashistory.com/SanJacinto/sanjacintofacts.htm

The Entrance to San Jacinto Battleground State Park

The San Jacinto Monument

The Texian Army

Conagher? Looks like it to us.

The Soldiers marching to San Jacinto.

Shooting the cannons at the Mexicans

Blowing up the Mexican Camp

Gunfight

The base of the monument.

The Battleship Texas located in the Ship Channel.