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Battle of San Jacinto

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Battle of San Jacinto

August 20, 2026

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San Jacinto Day commemorates the 1836 battle in which Sam Houston’s Texan army defeated Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna’s Mexican forces in about 18 minutes, shouting “Remember the Alamo” as revenge for the earlier massacre. Houston later reported to Texas President David G. Burnet that the…

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