Remember the Alamo! Today is Texas Independence Day

April 22, 2013

This 1895 painting by Henry Arthur McCardle depicts the April 21, 1836, Battle of San Jacinto in which Texicans led by Sam Houston defeated Mexican forces under Gen. Santa Ana. Texas Independence was the result.

It's a day that has often been left in the shadow of the Alamo in the national historical consciousness, but April 21 is among the most important days on the calendar in the history of one of America's most illustrious states, Texas.

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