SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 445
	WHEREAS, Each year on April 21, people throughout the Lone
	Star State commemorate San Jacinto Day in honor of the decisive
	battlefield victory that brought about the independence of the
	Republic of Texas; and
	WHEREAS, On that date in the year 1836, the Texan forces
	led by General Sam Houston faced a crucial moment in their
	revolutionary struggle against the rule of Mexican dictator
	Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; over the course of the previous six
	weeks, Texan forces had been defeated at both the Alamo and
	Goliad, and General Houston's army had retreated steadily to the
	east; meanwhile, the Mexican troops commanded by General Santa
	Anna were determined to follow up their earlier victories by
	seizing the seaports along the Texas coast; by mid-April, the two
	armies were within a few miles of one another in the bayou country
	near the San Jacinto River; General Houston decided that the time
	for attack had arrived; and
	WHEREAS, Moving into position on the afternoon of April 21,
	the Texans formed their battle lines, and with cries of "Remember
	the Alamo!" and "Remember Goliad!," they surged toward the
	Mexican encampment; when the guns went quiet less than 20 minutes
	later, the Mexican army had been routed, with more than 600 of its
	troops killed and more than 700 taken prisoner; only nine Texans
	were killed or mortally wounded in the fighting; and
	WHEREAS, The following day, General Santa Anna was
	captured and, after meeting with General Houston, agreed to order
	all Mexican troops to leave Texas; later, he agreed to the
	Treaties of Velasco, which recognized the independence of Texas;
	with these steps, Mexican rule in Texas effectively came to an
	end, and the Republic of Texas was established; and
	WHEREAS, Individuals from a range of backgrounds
	contributed to this epic battlefield victory; among them were a
	company of Tejano troops who served bravely under the command of
	the prominent revolutionary leader Juan Nepomuceno Seguin and
	are representative of the many Hispanics who took up arms in the
	independence movement; another Latino member of the Texan army
	was Lorenzo de Zavala Jr., the son of the republic's vice
	president; as an aide to Sam Houston, he acted as a translator in
	the general's negotiations with Santa Anna; and
	WHEREAS, Soldiers young and old were part of the fight for
	the Texans; there were teenagers such as 15-year-old William P.
	Zuber, 16-year-olds Thomas O'Conner and Cornelius DeVore, and
	19-year-olds Alfonso Steele and Elijah Votaw; on the other end of
	the spectrum were James Curtis Sr., and John S. Menifee, both 57
	years old, and Asa Mitchell, the oldest person in the battle at
	age 60; in addition, General Houston's forces contained troops
	who had earlier taken part in the fighting at Goliad as well as
	individuals who had been present at the Alamo but had been
	ordered to leave the fort before its fall to carry out various
	missions; after surviving those engagements, they were able to
	assist in vanquishing the enemy force that had killed so many of
	their fellow Texans; and
	WHEREAS, Demonstrating the courage and determination that
	are so much a part of the Texas character, the valiant members of
	Sam Houston's army charged across a grassy battlefield in April
	of 1836, intent on securing liberty and avenging their fallen
	comrades; their steps set in motion a series of events that have
	made the State of Texas into the prosperous land that we enjoy
	today, and the momentous events of that day indeed deserve to be
	remembered and celebrated; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
	Legislature, hereby commemorate San Jacinto Day in the year 2023.
	Middleton
	Alvarado Hancock Nichols
	Bettencourt Hinojosa Parker
	Birdwell Huffman Paxton
	Blanco Hughes Perry
	Campbell Johnson Schwertner
	Creighton King Sparks
	Eckhardt Kolkhorst Springer
	Flores LaMantia West
	Gutierrez Menéndez Whitmire
	Hall Miles Zaffirini
	Patrick, President of the Senate
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		President of the Senate
		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on April 20, 2023.
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		Secretary of the Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate