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March 5th, 2008

Alamo Day

March 6 is Alamo Day in San Antonio, Texas. This day commemorates the 13-day sieze that ended on March 6, 1836. It was at this battle that 200 Texans held out at the Alamo Mission against the larger and better-supplied Mexican army under General Santa Anna. Over 150 men were killed on March 6, […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 2 comments

March 2nd, 2008

Texas Independence Day

March 2 is Independence Day in Texas. This marks the day in 1836 when the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-Brazos, a small town about halfway between presentday Austin and Houston.
At the time the Declaration was signed, Texan freedom fighters were under seige by the Mexican army under General Santa Anna at the […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments