Timed to coincide with the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, the San Jacinto Day Dinner gathered history buffs, ...

The 1,268-acre San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site sits on 1,268 acres and is a National Historic Landmark. It consists of three separate units, according to the Texas Historical ...

By The Lufkin News Writer(Texans observed) San Jacinto Day on (April 21). It was 182 years ago, on April 21, 1836, that Texan and Mexican armies fought the Battle of San Jacinto, the most ...

On the point overlooking the San Jacinto Bayou at San Jacinto Battleground, the service will consecrate the ground that became the final resting place of many of the fallen heroes. In all, more ...

The importance of the Battle of San Jacinto and the role of Sam Houston was never lost in the imagination of the Texas public. The State of Texas officially purchased the battle site in the 1890s ...

In Texas, De Zavala became ... where the nine Texian soldiers and the more than 600 Mexican soldiers killed during the 18-minute Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 found their final resting place, ...

At the Battle of San Jacinto in April, the battle cry led Texas to a surprise victory over Mexican troops, securing the independence of Texas. In the years after his death, Fannin was honored ...

Visitors are invited to a unique drive-thru experience in La Porte this weekend, as 21,500 candles are lit in memory of Texas soldiers who died in combat during the Battle of San Jacinto through ...

More than 10,000 spectators are expected to gather at 3 p.m. Saturday at the San Jacinto Battleground for a re-enactment of the Battle of San Jacinto, which brought Texas its independence from ...

At the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas, revolutionaries faced Mexican Gen. Santa Anna and his men in a fight that not only secured Texas independence but lived on in glory. Nearly 200 years later ...

Great Day Houston's Carlos Hernandez is live in La Porte at the San Jacinto Museum with a preview of what to ... North Texas native Faizan Zaki wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee a year after ...

SAN ANTONIO — It was the bloodiest armed conflict in Texas history. On Aug. 18, 1813, some 1,400 people died at the Battle of Medina and during the merciless streak of executions that followed.