April 21st: San Jacinto Day & Aggie Muster

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April 21, 2022, 08:55 AM

BGULL

April 21st: San Jacinto Day & Aggie Muster

Texans today commemorate the victory that secured Texas’ independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto:
https://www.tshaonline.org/texas-day-by-day

Also a related offshoot from San Jacinto Day, Texas Aggies across the nation & world convene as Aggies and honor those Aggies who have passed in the previous year:

https://www.aggienetwork.com/n..._x_x_x_x_x_x_x_sec11

Long live the great state of Texas!

April 21, 2022, 11:47 AM

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April 21, 2022, 12:38 PM

tatortodd

186 years ago today was the decisive battle for Texas' independence. 910 Texas soldiers came upon 1360 Mexican soldiers in what is today the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site (located in eastern Houston). In 18 minutes, the Texans won the battle with 63% of the Mexican soldier suffering casualties (650 KIA, 208 wounded) while Texas' troops only suffering 4.5% casualties (11 KIA, 30 wounded). Texas was independent within 3 weeks of this important battle.

Texas' forces were lead by General Sam Houston and the city of Houston was named after him.

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