Engraved frieze on the San Jacinto Monument, Colonists Forced the Mexican Authorities
Description:
Photograph of an engraved frieze on the San Jacinto Monument in La Porte, Texas. It says: "In June, 1832, the colonists forced the Mexican authorities at Anahuac to release Wm. B. Travis and other from unjust imprisonment, the battle of Velasco, June 26, and the Battle of Nacogdoches, August 2, followed; in both the Texans were victorious. Stephen Fuller Austin, "Father of Texas," was arrested January 3, 1834, and held in Mexico without trial until July, 1835. The Texans formed an army, and on …
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Date:
May 2, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
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Location:
29.750092909076383 -95.08995185000003
Partner:
UNT Libraries