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.
__________________________________________________________

• Amarillo, KACV-TV, Channel 2, Sunday, 12:30 p.m.
• Austin, KLRU-TV, Channel 18, Sunday, 10 a.m.; Thursday 5:30 a.m.
• Bryan-College Station, KAMU-TV, Channel 15, Sunday, 5 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
• Corpus Christi, KEDT-TV, Channel 16, Sunday, 12 p.m.
• Dallas-Fort Worth, KERA-TV, Channel 13, Saturday, 2:30 p.m., October-April Only. Also serving Abilene, Denton, Longview, Marshall, San Angelo, Texarkana, Tyler, Wichita Falls and Sherman.
• El Paso, KCOS-TV, Channel 13, Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
• Harlingen, KMBH-TV, Channel 60, Sunday, 5 p.m. Also serving McAllen, Mission and Brownsville.
• Houston, KUHT-TV, Channel 8, Saturday, 3 p.m. Also serving Beaumont, Port Arthur, Galveston, Texas City and Victoria.
• Killeen, KNCT-TV, Channel 46, Sunday, 5 p.m. Also serving Temple, Waco.
• Lubbock, KTXT-TV, Channel 5, Saturday, 10 a.m.
• Odessa-Midland, KPBT-TV, Channel 36, Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
• San Antonio and Laredo, KLRN-TV, Channel 9, Sunday, 1 p.m.
• Portales, New Mexico, KENW-TV, Channel 3, Sunday, 2:30 p.m.

Cable

Texas Parks & Wildlife can also be seen on a variety of government, educational and access cable channels in the following communities: Abilene, Alice, Allen, Atlanta, Baytown, Big Spring, Boerne, Brownsville, Cedar Park, Coppell, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Deer Park, Del Mar College, Denton, El Paso, Euless, Flower Mound, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth, Fort Worth ISD, Frisco, Garland, Haltom City, Houston Community College, Irving, Keller, Killeen, Lubbock, Lufkin, McKinney, Midland, North Richland Hills, Plano, Round Rock, Round Rock ISD, Rogers State University, San Antonio College, Seabrook, Stephen R. Austin University, Temple, Texarkana College, The Colony, Trophy Club, Tyler, Victoria, and Waco. Check your local listings for days and times.

TPW TV--San Jacinto Monument Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This entry was posted on Monday, May 9th, 2011 at 12:00 am and is filed under State Parks, TPWD TV. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.