H.R. No. 41 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The State of Texas takes great pleasure in paying 
tribute to the life of Colonel Juan N. Seguin, one of the foremost 
heroes of the Texas Revolution, who is being honored, along with all 
the heroes of the battle of San Jacinto, with the Second Annual Col. 
Juan N. Seguin Memorial Picnic on October 25, 2003; and
	WHEREAS, Born in what is now San Antonio on October 27, 1806, 
the oldest son of Erasmo Seguin, Colonel Juan N. Seguin followed the 
lead of his father by being a friend to the new settlers who came to 
Texas with Stephen F. Austin; and
	WHEREAS, During the years before and during the war for Texas 
independence, he took charge of foraging expeditions to feed the 
Texas army, joined Stephen F. Austin near San Antonio with 
recruits, and fought with James Bowie at the battle of Concepción; 
and
	WHEREAS, Commissioned as a captain in the regular cavalry at 
the beginning of 1836, Captain Seguin was in charge of the Texans' 
rear guard following the fall of the Alamo; he had orders to leave 
no family behind, and he helped delay the crossing of the Brazos 
River by Santa Anna, thus giving Sam Houston and the Texas army time 
to retreat to San Jacinto, where they ultimately made their 
victorious stand; and
	WHEREAS, Honorably discharged from the army with the rank of 
lieutenant colonel in 1838, Colonel Seguin claimed his seat as a 
senator in the second, third, and fourth congresses of the 
republic; during his tenure as senator, he presented bills that 
established a mail route from Austin to San Antonio and that would 
have required that the laws of Texas be written in both English and 
Spanish; and
	WHEREAS, Colonel Juan N. Seguin has earned lasting fame for 
his outstanding military and political contributions to the 
establishment and development of the Republic of Texas, and he is 
manifestly deserving of the respect accorded to patriots; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby honor the life of Colonel 
Juan N. Seguin and express appreciation for his important 
achievements as a Tejano hero of Texas; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Seguin Descendants Historical Preservation as an 
expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                 Davis of Harris


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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 41 was unanimously adopted by a rising 
vote of the House on September 22, 2003.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House