TPW TV -- SAN JACINTO: Texas' most significant battle ... on 
Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas

09 -- This monument was built to be a memorial to remind us of 
the sacrifices of all those who fought for Texas independence.

Larry Spasic, President of the San Jacinto Museum in La 
Porte. He's talking about the San Jacinto monument, 
which commemorates the battle of San Jacinto. Learn 
more on the TPW TV show this month. Producer, Bruce 
Biermann. 

44 -- Tucked away alongside the Houston Ship Channel, among 
all the oil refineries of today, was one of the most major battles 
in the world's history. And it was not that the battle itself was 
major, but the outcome was one of the largest transfers of 
sovereignty of land in the world. The land from east Texas, all 
the way to the Pacific ocean was owned by Mexico. And, this 
battle at San Jacionto, because of the outcome, because the 
Texas army won, was the beginning of the end of Mexican 
ownership of that land. So, even though the battle only took 
eighteen minutes, the outcome is one of the largest changes in 
sovereignty in world history.

Thanks, Bruce. This show airs the week of May 15. Check 
your local listings.

That's our show ... For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm 
Cecilia Nasti. 














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