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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.
Texian Navy Day [third Saturday in September]
In September 1835, the first naval
engagement of the Texas Revolution occurred near Velasco. In that
engagement between a Texian privateer, the San Felipe, and a
Mexican war schooner, the Correo, the Mexican ship was forced
to unconditionally surrender.
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