Happy San Jacinto Day!

This is a day that patriots everywhere should make observance and give thanks. On 21 April 1836, a small band of Texians shook the world with their defeat of the Mexican army. It’s defeat in one of the ten most important battles in History. It shocked Mexico, the united States and the world. It signified that a small group of people, determined to exercise their sovereignty can and do make a difference. In defeating Santa Anna, one of the largest land deals ever took place. The area of Texas transferred from the authority of Mexico to that of the Republic of Texas (NOT the authority of the US!). Yankees have hijacked too much of OUR history and have turned it into an expression of US independence, which it was not. It was Texas Independence. For Hispanics, the war was their version of the Civil War, with brothers and families being split over which side to support. The ramifications of that afternoon on the fields of San Jacinto are momentous. Although the fields of Waterloo shook the whole of Europe, the fields of San Jacinto shook the whole of North America.

TEXIANS! Celebrate your independence. Do something to express it! Violate some Mexican statute (like stomping on a Mexican flag, and while you are at it violate the UN flag. TO further chap the UN, buy a handgun) or Federal law-Show them that Texas is its own and its people are their own. For those of you in San Antonio for the Battle of the Flowers. Recall that the whole celebration began as an observance of San Jacinto Day. Although political correctness has watered it down, it began as a celebration of Texas gaining its independence.
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April is also the month that New Orleans fell in 1862. Even in its demise, the attitude of the people was "We are conquered, but not subdued!". Keep the spirit of independence alive. "We are occupied, but not subdued!"

Hooray for Texas!

Remember the Alamo! Celebrate San Jacinto!

J Murrah

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