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This month on SDCT--The Incredible Colonel Pedro Elías Beán

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:42:11 GMT

This month Texian Web Consortium member, Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas features

In memory of the Eclectic Jack Jackson

The Incredible Life of Colonel Pedro Elías Beán

Captured with the Nolan Expedition
10 Years in Spanish Prisons
Explosives Expert, Confidant & US Emissary of José Morelos
Veteran Battle of New Orleans
Colonel Republic of...

New Hispanic Heritage Center for Texas

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:28:23 GMT

Texas Tejano.com, along with prominent State of Texas and San Antonio community leaders respectfully requests your presence at a historic announcement to launch the concept of establishing the first official Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas to be located in San Antonio.

Please join us at this important event on Wednesday April 30, 2008 at 5:30 P.M. at San Fernando Cathedral's City...

This month on SDCT--Victory at San Jacinto

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:01:01 GMT

This month Texian Web Consortium member, Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas features

Victory at San Jacinto

As battles go, San Jacinto was but a skirmish; but with what mighty consequences! Look to it, you Texans of today, with happy homes, mid fields of smiling plenty....Texas, one and indivisible!--Kate Scurry Terrell

Members Texas Republican Army----Accounts of Participants

The sun was sinking in the horizon as the battle commenced; but, at the close of the...

Fate of the Twin Sisters and Golden Standard Cannons

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:14:30 GMT

What is known about the fate of the Twin Sisters, the two main Texian Army cannons at San Jacinto, and The Golden Standard?

A correspondent to Victoria Advocate points out some neglected Texas history is getting well-deserved attention.

The article points out For years the Battle of Medina, sometimes referred to as the first Texas revolution, was mostly overshadowed by the events at Gonzales, the Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto that had occurred during the Texas Revolution of 1836....

Republic to Statehood Exhibit at Sterling Bank in Dallas

feeds@yuku.com (CraigMcDaniel) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:40:45 GMT

From Republic to Statehood: Dallas Historical Society Artifacts Bring History Alive at Sterling Banks 6th Annual Republic of Texas Exhibit

TEXAS, 1836 The Alamo was history, and rebellious Texians set about creating a nation after winning the final battle with Mexico at San Jacinto. In 1836 Texas became an independent republic sandwiched between Mexico and the...

Prestigious History Summer Program for High Schoolers

feeds@yuku.com (IEA Mary) — Tue, 15 May 2007 10:51:59 GMT

Prestigious summer historic research progams are available for interested motivated high school students. One program is at the United States Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, PA. The two students who study there will have first hand experience working with historical documents. The student who did this last year was instrumental in making a discovery in the memorabilia of Civil War General Luther P. Bradley.

Another program is with Dr. Matthew Pinsker at Dickinson...

Edward Burleson bust presentation at Texas State Cemetery

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:11:31 GMT

At 2:00 PM on the 27th of April the Burleson Family Association will be presenting a bronze bust of General Edward Burleson to the Texas State Cemetery Museum. The bronze is in memory of this great but often times forgotten hero of our early republic. General Burleson is the first resident of the State Cemetery.

Burleson was a renowned Indian fighter, popular statesman of the Republic of...

New marker for Alamo Defender Andrew Kent

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:49:50 GMT

A site visit to the new Texas Historical marker at Texas wildflower season to the league granted DeWitt Colonist, member of the Gonzales Ranger Alamo Relief Force and Alamo Defender Andrew Kent revealed a taste of what the beauty of the land must have been when it was settled in 1829 under the Mexican Empresario System and why it was worth fighting for in addition to principles of independence and freedom.

Other...

Texans fought for freedom 23 yr bef San Jacinto

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:30:39 GMT

Author/historian Dan Arrellano announces a March to Medina to begin at 10 AM Friday 6 Apr in front of the Alamo in San Antonio. According to Arrellano: This march is to bring awareness to the most important Tejano event in Texas history. The public is also invited to attend the first ever Tejano Battle of Medina Memorial Service, the largest battle for freedom ever fought in the State of Texas [18 Apr 1813]. The ceremony will start...

Santa Anna memorabilia need safe, honorable public home

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:00:12 GMT
John Todd Jr., Vera Cruz resident, regional history buff , and part time tour guide and periodic correspondent with Texian Web site Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas forwarded a letter from Seor Fernando Grossman of Mexico City that contained the following excerpts:
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Fell in love with it [Vera Cruz area] back in 68 when I made a motorcycle trip there and been wanting to live there ever since. Especially...

Remember the Alamo

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:49:32 GMT
On this 2007 anniversary of the end of the siege of the Alamo in 1836, a Houston Chronicle article entitled The Alamo May Need a Costly Tuneup describes how the largely limestone shrine of Texas liberty in San Antonio is aging and needs repairs.

According to the article, "the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, who have safeguarded the shrine since 1902, are preparing the...

Death of De La Pena 1807-1840

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:33:30 GMT
Author Roger Borroel known for his translations and provocative interpretative editorial comments on original Mexican field documents concerning The Texas Campaign has announced a new volume VI in his series Field Reports of the Mexican Army During The Texan War of 1836 entitled Davy Crockett 1786-1836; The Death of De La Pena 1807-1840 (La Villita Publications, East Chicago, IN).
The issue documents the tragic murder of

The Death of Jose Enrique de la Pena

feeds@yuku.com (March1836) — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:00:18 GMT
On the night of October 10, 1840, the illustrious, but sad life of, Lt. Col., Don Jose Enrique de la Pena was ended forever, by being murdered on a street corner by a fellow officer named, Mr. Cosio. De la Pena was the man who had kept a daily journal while he was an officer in the Texas campaign. He witnessed the death of Davy Crockett, after Crockett had surrendered to the Mexican soldiery at the Alamo. De la Pena(1807-1840), a brillant life, but a misunderstood man, both in Texas and in...

Texas Most Important Historical Place/person?

feeds@yuku.com (BenJH) — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:36:30 GMT
Hi,
What is in your opinion Texas' most important historical place and person? www.usastatesdates.com/texas.htm
Ben

2nd Annual Birthday Celebration in Honor of Adina De Zavala

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:36:17 GMT
Adina De Zavala was the granddaughter of Lorenzo de Zavala, the first Vice President of Texas and was one of the states premier preservationists. She is considered by many to be the patron saint of historic preservation in San Antonio.

In 2005, the Friends of Adina De Zavala were formed in an attempt to keep this great womans memory alive and to further add respect and honor to her and...

Tejano Portrait Series unveiled at the Alamo

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:54:43 GMT
(San Antonio, Texas) Oct. 5, 2006 Texas Tejano.com, a San Antonio-based research and publishing company committed to Texas history, announced today that they will unveil the full collection of the Tejano Portrait Series during a ceremony beginning at 10:00am on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006 in front of the Alamo Shrine.

The portraits feature legendary Tejano heroes: Jos Antonio Navarro, Col. Jos Francisco Ruiz, Lorenzo de Zavala, Col. Juan Segun, Gregorio Esparza and Toribio Losoya. Texas...

New books on The Texas Navy

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:32:10 GMT
Mike Cox, Texana columnist for the Austin-American Statesman reviews two new books about the Texas Navy."

According to the article "More than a century went by before historians finally took notice that Texas' struggle for independence against Mexico had a naval component as well. Alex Dienst first told the story of the Texas Navy in 1909 in a series of articles published in the...

More Loya v. Arrellano on What is a Tejano?

feeds@yuku.com (Don Guillermo) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:14:13 GMT
The following are additional personal email exchanges between authors Loya and Arrellano concerning Disputes on the Origin of Tejanos that were copied to me with permission to use on the Texian Forum. (Letters have been edited for the Texian Web Forum).
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17 August 2006

Dear Sir [Alex Loya]

I notice that you are selective in which...

Texian Navy Day

feeds@yuku.com (Kwanah) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:28:59 GMT

On Tuesday, September 5, 2006, The Sons of the Republic of Texas will distribute the attached press release to various media across the state. Enacted by the 79th Session of the Texas Legislature in 2005, Texian Navy Day is the "third Saturday in September of each year." This year, Texian Navy Day is September 16.

David Hanover
Texas Navy Committee Chairman
The Sons of the Repubic of Texas
903 509-2206

FOR RELEASE AT WILL:
Houston, Texas
September 5,...