Where Santa Anna Surrendered to Houston - San Jacinto Battleground - La Porte, TX
Posted by: jhuoni
N 29° 45.211 W 095° 05.453
15R E 297819 N 3293304
This marker, etched with a famous painting, shows the morning of April 22, 1836. The day the Texas Revolution ended and the Republic of Texas began.
Waymark Code: WM1144J
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2019
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The original DRT marker #20 was replaced as part of the 1937 monument landscaping project, the original marker was to be refaced & was removed, the disposition of the original DRT #20 marker is unknown, that marker is missing.
Harris County Historical Markers
This large white marble monument is located near the banks of Buffalo Bayou.
Etched on the front of the monument is "The Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Henry Huddle. Gen. Santa Anna, wearing the uniform of a private, is being presented to Gen. Houston. Houston, wounded in the previous days battle, is seated against a tree. (Huddle's original painting hangs in the Texas Capitol
On the reverse is the following text:
Beneath an oak tree that grew on this site
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna President
and Dictator of the Republic of Mexico was
brought a captive April 22, 1836 before General
Sam Houston Commander In Chief of the Army of
Texas who had been painfully wounded on
the day previous at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Known to have been
among the captors
of Santa Ana were
James Austin Sylvester
Joel Walter Robinson
Joseph D. Vermillion
Alfred H. Miles
David Cole
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A small plaque on front of the base, placed on January 17, 1986 reads:
This heritage Live Oak, planted as a living
memorial marks the site of surrender of
Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna to Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief
of the Army of Texas. Dedicated to the
Heroes of the Army of Texas during the Texas
Sesquicentennial observance of Arbor Day
January 17, 1986.
Sponsored by the Daughters of the Republic
of Texas, Sons of the Republic of Texas,
City of Austin Sesquicentennial Commission,
Keep Texas Beautiful Inc., Texas Forestry
Association, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
and the Texas Forest Service.