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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Greyford, post: 404129, member: 15150&quot;]General Sam Houston was the leader of the Texan army and defeated general Santa Anna of the Mexican army to win the Texas revolution. The battle was short because general Santa Anna was ummmm ..... errrrrr....... busy with a slave girl he captured and did not give any orders as the Texans charged. This slave is known as &quot;The Yellow Rose of Texas&quot; and that is where the song comes from. Sam Houston became the 1st president of the Republic of Texas. Texas immediately petitioned the US Congress to ask to become a state. They were refused as letting them into the union would throw off the slave to free state ratio. The Republic of Texas lasted 9 years until it was admitted to the United States.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The monument at the battle site was built for the 100 year anniversary in 1936. When the architect found that the San Jacinto monument was going to be shorter than the Washington monument being built around the same time they added a huge star to the to of the monument so it would be 15 ft taller than the Washington monument. Hence the saying &quot;everything is bigger and better in Texas.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Stephen F Austin was the mastermind that brought Americans into Texas to colonize Texas. Starting in 1829 he originally brought 300 families to Texas and advertised to bring more. He was a politician for the state of Cochlea y Texas in Mexico before the revolution.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>San Jacinto Monument website <a href="http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/</a></p><p>Sam Houston Monument website <a href="http://www.samhoustonstatue.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.samhoustonstatue.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.samhoustonstatue.org/</a></p><p>P. S. Sam Houston Monument is the tallest statue of an American Hero in the U.S. you can see it from 6.5 miles away. See the bigger in Texas theme?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Although I was not born in Texas I came here as soon as I could by hitchhiking from New Hampshire at the tender age of six. They still call me a yankee even though I have been here for 34 years.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You know what the worst kind of yankee is to a Texan?&nbsp; </p><p>One that comes to stay and dosen&#039;t go back to yankeeland.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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