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San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment Gallery

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Credit Above Photo: San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site

San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment Gallery

Historic Reenactment Online Resources

Credit Above Photo: San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site

Experience cannon and musket fire at the annual San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment each April at the Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. The Battle of San Jacinto reenactment itself, complete with cannons, horses, and pyrotechnics, takes place at 3 p.m. Relive the day In 1836, that Texian troops surprised the Mexican army camped here. Shouting “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Goliad,” the rebels routed the larger force in only 18 minutes. Walk in their footsteps, explore the museum, and enjoy a bird’s-eye view from the top of the monument.

San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment
The San Jacinto Day Festival is a full day of entertainment, vendors, food, family activities, cultural exhibitors, games and fun set amidst living history: music and dancing on three stages featuring country-western bands, flamenco dancers, Native American presentations, square dancers and much more; food vendors; make-and-take activities and crafts for children; children’s train; petting zoo; medicine wagon show; birds of prey; weavers, spinners, blacksmiths, other demonstrators; and dozens of unique hand-crafted items for sale – and, of course, the San Jacinto Battle Reenactment.

San Jacinto Battle Reenactment
Booming cannons, cracking musket fire, thundering hooves and desperate battle cries resound across the San Jacinto Battle Reenactment as hundreds of history reenactors recreate the events leading up to Texas winning its independence at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.

This dramatic battle reenactment is the centerpiece of the admission-free San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment, held on the grounds surrounding the San Jacinto Monument. Sponsored by the San Jacinto Museum of History, Texas Parks & Wildlife and the San Jacinto Volunteers, the festival is a full day of music, entertainment, food, games and fun set amidst living history.

Presented by the San Jacinto Volunteers and other living history organizations from across the state, the San Jacinto Battle Reenactment dramatizes the decisive battle where General Sam Houston led his Texian soldiers to victory over the Mexican Army eventually leading to almost one million square miles of Mexican territory becoming a part of the United States. The historical reenactors dramatically interpret the Runaway Scrape, the cannon duel and the final battle between the two forces.

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Event by San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site and San Jacinto Museum

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