San Jacinto Battleground Association

04/26/2024

Online San Jacinto Symposium
When: Saturday, April 27, 2024 8:30 AM, CDT
Where: Online Zoom

04/23/2024

San Jacinto Symposium - Saturday, April 27, 2024
Can't be there? Watch it on line!
https://sanjacintosymposium.com/

02/29/2024

BEFORE, DURING, & AFTER THE BATTLE
Battle of San Jacinto Symposium - April 27, 2024
https://sanjacintosymposium.com

------------ SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED -----------

"Before the Battle of San Jacinto"
Jeff Dunn, Speaker

"The Battle of San Jacinto"
Don Frazier, Speaker

"Immediately after the Battle"
Gregg Dimmick, Speaker

02/10/2024

SAVE THE DATE
April 27, 2024
SAN JACINTO SYMPOSIUM

03/23/2023

2023 San Jacinto Symposium

The 22nd annual San Jacinto Symposium will be held on Saturday April 29, 2023 at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas. This year’s theme is “After San Jacinto: The Republic of Texas Stands Apart.” Featured speakers include:

Dr. Kenneth W. Howell, Professor and History Department Head, Social Sciences, at Blinn College, speaking on “Mirabeau B. Lamar’s Grandiose Vision of a Texas Empire”

Dr. Kenneth R. Stevens, Professor of History at Texas Christian University, speaking on “Innocents Abroad: Seeking U.S. Recognition of the Republic of Texas”

Dr. Joseph G. “Chip” Dawson III, Professor Emeritus of History at Texas A&M University, speaking on “The Army and the Texas Republic”

Dr. James C. Kearney, Assistant Professor of Instruction at University of Texas, speaking on “The German contribution to the Republic of Texas with special emphasis on the “Society for the Protection of German immigrants in Texas’”

The program will be moderated by Dr. James E. Crisp, Professor Emeritus of History at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, author of Inside the Texas Revolution: The Enigmatic Memoir of Herman Ehrenberg” which won the 2021 Summerfield G. Roberts Award Winner from the Sons of the Republic of Texas

Come learn about the people and events of the Republic of Texas!
To register for the Symposium and the optional Patrons Party Dinner the night before, and San Jacinto Battleground Tour the day after, visit the Texas State Historical Association website:

Schedule of events: https://sanjacintosymposium.com/schedule/

Speaker bios: https://sanjacintosymposium.com/presenter-bios/

Registration: https://www.legacyoftexas.com/2023-san-jacinto-symposium

11/19/2021

We would like to invite everyone who visits our page to visit our website (https://sjba1836.org/). We have been adding information over time and you will find lots of information there, including all of the past symposium.

Also, we now have to ability to accept donations to support our activities such as our symposium, archeology projects, and land acquisition/preservation. You may also become a member! There is a donation button on every page.

The IRS has issued a year-end-giving reminder of a special tax deduction for charitable donations, up to $600.00, even if you don't itemize.

The San Jacinto Battleground Association (SJBA), founded in 2002, is a Texas nonprofit corporation with Section 501(c)(3) status under the Internal Revenue Code.

02/13/2021

On Wednesday, Alamo staff went to Texas A&M University’s Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M to pick up our most recently conserved cannons – the Phil Collins Cannon and a 4-pound Bronze Cannon, which is on loan from the San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy.
Learn more about the conservation process here: https://bit.ly/3pfb4ZN
The 4-pounder will be added to the exhibit in Alamo Hall soon, as well as a selection of items from the Collins Collection. Keep an eye on our pages for more details!

08/26/2020

Update on the cannon loaned to the Alamo by the SJBA.

The Alamo Sends Three Historic Cannons To Texas A&M For Conservation, Gets Two Battle Cannons Back

After successfully conserving eight of the cannons currently on display, the Alamo is collaborating with Texas A&M's University's (TAMU) Conservation Research Lab (CRL) once again to conserve three more historic cannons. One of the cannons sent to A&M for conservation this week is from the esteemed Phil Collins Texana Collection, which was generously donated to the Alamo in 2014.

This beautiful naval gun is an iron cannon with a 5-inch bore and is believed to have been created in Britain back in 1800. Like the rest of the priceless artifacts in the Phil Collins Texana Collection, this cannon will be proudly displayed for the public on the grounds or in the upcoming Alamo Museum. The other two cannons sent for conservation were likely used during the battle in 1836.

“After the amazing results we had working with A&M’s Conservation Research Lab (CRL) in 2018 on eight other cannons from the battle, we cannot wait to see what CRL discovers while restoring these three cannons," Alamo Conservator Pam Jary Rosser said. "Last time we gave CRL cannon to preserve they discovered information on where and when they were cast, and even unfired cannon balls discovered in the breech. We cannot wait to see what the TAMU conservation lab discovers while the three cannon are being conserved," Rosser added.

The other two cannons were originally created in Spain, with one dating back to 1750. These two cannons are on loan from the San Jacinto Battleground Association (also known as the San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy) and the McCombs Foundation, respectively. After the conservation process is complete, each cannon will be displayed at the Alamo in addition to the six conserved cannons currently located in the Alamo Arcade.

Texas A&M also completed conservation work on two Alamo battle-period cannons this week, which were previously on display at La Villita. These two cannons, owned by the City of San Antonio, along with the three that were sent to CRL for conservation this week, will bring the total number of likely battle cannons at the Alamo today to 9.

07/17/2020

Our Mission Statement
Our mission is two-fold:

To preserve, protect, and reclaim San Jacinto Battlefield National Historic Landmark sites
To promote historical scholarship, archeology, commemoration, education and public understanding of the Battle of San Jacinto and the events surrounding the era of the Texas Revolution.

The San Jacinto Battleground Association was founded in 2002 in to raise public awareness of the threat of industrial encroachment, support state efforts to interpret and preserve the battleground to its 1836 appearance, and serve as a facilitator for saving unprotected battlefield landscape adjacent to the State Historic Site. We are often known by our assumed name, the San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy, because of our focus on battleground land conservation.
We are a Texas nonprofit corporation with Section 501(c)(3) status under the Internal Revenue Code. We are an all-volunteer organization managed by a Board of Directors. Funding is obtained from membership fees, foundation grants, and donations. We work with the Texas Historical Commission and other government agencies, but we are not an arm of the state of Texas or any other government entity.