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If you💙 TEXAS follow for more! Right here at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site is where Texas history changed in just 18 minutes. On April 21, 1836, General Sam Houston and his outnumbered army launched a surprise attack on Antonio López de Santa Anna and the Mexican forces. The result was a decisive victory that secured Texas’ independence and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. Standing over the battlefield is the San Jacinto Monument — and it’s massive. At 567 feet tall,
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