Events
Upcoming events
San Jacinto Symposuim - Saturday, April 19, 2008, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Expanding the Horizons of Texas History
featuring
Steve Harrington
author of The Gates of the Alamo and Comanche Midnight
Drenna Belden
from the University of North Texas Portal to Texas History website
Betsy Davis
an amazing 4th grade Texas history teacher
Stuart Reid
author of The Secret War for Texas, a recent book about
British agent James Grant and the Texas Revolution
Miguel Angel Gonzales Quiroga
of the U.A. de Nuevo Leon in Monterry, Mexico
San Jacinto Day – Monday, April 21, 2008, 11 a.m.
Dr. Frank de la Teja, Texas State
Historian and
Chairman of the Department of History,
Texas State University, San Marcos
San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment - Saturday, April 26, 208, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Recent conservation efforts will be on display in the San Jacinto Museum of History, located in the base of the Monument. Precious artifacts that have been recently restored and newly acquired documents will be on display during the Festival. Included in the special exhibit are three 19th century uniforms, a 19th century rifle used by Jesse Walling who served under Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto, several printed items showing the Mexican view of the Texas Revolution and other historical items.
Past events
Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon – March 29, 2008
The 2008 Annual Meeting saw several new members and members who returned after a long absence from past San Jacinto Descendants' events. The keynote speaker featured Dr. Frank de la Teja, Texas State Historian and Chairman of the Department of History at Texas State University. Dr. de la Teja spoke on "Tejanos at San Jacinto." Nancy Burch, Frank de la Teja, and Sam Houston IV |
 Scott Patrick and Clay Fisher |
 Gytha McNair and ______ |
 Dale Williamson presents a membership certificated to Karen McNair |
Founders' Memorial Park, Dedication Ceremony - August 25, 2007, Houston, Texas
Founders' Memorial Park is the final resting place of at least 31 veterans of the Battle of San Jacinto along with numerous other persons living in Texas at the time of the revolution and other notable Texas citizens.
 Three generations of the descendants of John Kirby Allen, one of the founders of the City of Houston, unveil a rededicated Texas historical marker honoring their ancestor's accomplishments |
 Honoring descendants of the American Revolution and Texas Revolution. Tom Houston (SRT and SAR), Tom Green (SRT and SAR), Carl Hill (SRT), and Past President General, Randy Billingsley, pose in front of the monument for Maj. Isaac N. Moreland, commander of the artillery at San Jacinto |
San Jacinto Day – April 21, 2007
San Jacinto Descendants members on the steps of the San Jacinto Monument on San Jacinto Day, April 21, 2007
Dick
Reese, President General of the Sons
of the Republic of Texas, Nelma Toney Wilkinson, President
General of the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas, and Gina Bouchard, President
General of the San Jacinto Descendants, after laying the wreath in
honor of the 171st anniversary of the Battle of
San Jacinto
Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon – March 31, 2007
The 2007 annual meeting featured the election of new officers for March 2, 2007 through March 1, 2009. The keynote address featured James Haley, the 2007 recipient of the San Jacinto Award. Mr. Haley's presentation was, "Houston's Fight, Seguin's Legacy: A Shared Heritage of the Texas Revolution."
 ___ and Albert Gallatin |
 Denton Bryant and Pauline McCullough |
 President General Elect, Nan Morris, and San Jacinto Descendants founder, Dr. Albert Walling |
 Past President General, Randy Billingsley, past Historian General, Lila Gordon Smith, and Denton Bryant |