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
Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas recently
speculated that:
1. "The Twin Sisters, two identical iron cannons, were dug up in 1936 at Presidio La Bahia, at Goliad, Texas, by midnight pirates, captured by the authorities and reside, rusting away on James Walker Fannin and his brave men's grave there on the Banks of the San Antonio river.....those two cannons are identical to within .015 inches and are "THE TWIN SISTERS" of San Jacinto fame."
2. "The Golden Standard, Santa Anna's Favorite Cannon is visible in a photograph taken inside the Alamo, circa 1910. Where is the Golden Standard? Someone stole it out of the Alamo after that picture was taken. The one in the Alamo photograph had a damaged carriage, like the one at San Jacinto, damaged on the 20th of April, 1836. There is a Spanish Cannon on the Capitol Grounds at Jefferson City, Missouri, taken during the Spanish- American War as a souvenir, but this same cannon is either like or probably one of the cannons aimed at the Alamo in 1836 and may very well be an identical sister to the Golden Standard."
