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DRT
promotes the celebration of Texas Honor Days. Members are encouraged
to fly the Texas flag on each of these Honor Days.
San
Jacinto Day [April 21, 1836]
On this date, General Sam Houston
and the Texas Army defeated Santa Anna’s Mexican troops in the Battle
of San Jacinto. The battle of San Jacinto occurred in mid-afternoon
and lasted eighteen minutes. An annual celebration is held at the San
Jacinto Monument and Battlefield where wreathes of flowers are laid at
the foot of the monument in memory of those who fought and died there.
The monument rising, 570 feet, is tallest monument in the world.
An Annual Pilgrimage is held in San
Antonio by the Alamo Mission Chapter to celebrate the occasion on the
first Monday of Fiesta Week that includes San Jacinto Day.
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