San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy Loans Cannon to Alamo San Antonio Express News, September 23, 2010 In 2010, the San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy loaned a cannon to the Alamo thought to be the only known bronze Spanish cannon used by the Alamo defenders and recovered from the 1836 battle. The impressive piece was donated to the San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy through …
Caption: Chairman John Nau speaking at the welcome ceremony on September 13, 2019. September was full of change at the Battleground. On September 1, the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site was transferred from Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) to Texas Historical Commission (THC). Meanwhile, the Battleship TEXAS continues preparing for the transfer to the Battleship Texas Foundation (BTF) and …
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LA PORTE, TX–The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is adding more than 23-acres to the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site bordering on the Houston Ship Channel. The acquisition and donation from the San Jacinto Battleground Association (SJBA) is the latest in a series of restoration and enhancement projects aimed at conserving the historic landscape where the Battle of …
San Jacinto Symposium: “Secrets of the Texas Revolution” April 17, 2010, Houston, TX Douglas Owsley, Richard Jantz and Karin Bruwelheide Smithsonian Institution and the University of Tennessee The presentation presents baseline information on six crania from the San Jacinto Battleground that are part of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection. The Friends …
