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  H.R. No. 1363
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         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 House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
  Legislature hereby commemorate San Jacinto Day in the year 2011.
 
  Price
 
 
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
 
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
 
Allen Gooden Murphy
 
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
 
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
 
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
 
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
 
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
 
Aycock Harless Parker
 
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
 
Berman Hartnett Paxton
 
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
 
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
 
Branch Hochberg Phillips
 
Brown Hopson Pickett
 
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
 
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
 
Button Huberty Quintanilla
 
Cain Hughes Raymond
 
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
 
Carter Isaac Riddle
 
Castro Jackson Ritter
 
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
 
Christian Keffer Schwertner
 
Coleman King of Parker Scott
 
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
 
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
 
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
 
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
 
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
 
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
 
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
 
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
 
Deshotel Lavender Strama
 
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
 
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
 
Dutton Lozano Thompson
 
Eiland Lucio III Torres
 
Eissler Lyne Truitt
 
Elkins Madden Turner
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Margo Villarreal
 
Fletcher Marquez Vo
 
Flynn Martinez Walle
 
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
 
Gallego McClendon White
 
Garza Menendez Woolley
 
Geren Miles Workman
 
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
 
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 1363 was adopted by the House on April
  21, 2011, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House