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Press Release Archive
October 2007
Buy one adult and get one child's combo ticket free...
September 2007
President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush are honored guests at this elegant evening...
September 2007
All Military personnel - active and retired - are invited to the San Jacinto Museum and monument for free admission... San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment
April 2007
Festival offers plethora of entertaining activities
The San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment on Saturday, April 21, is an independence celebration of Texas' famous Battle of San Jacinto...
Texas Map Exhibit to Open at the Museum
March 2007
The map exhibit Drawn from Experience: Landmark Maps of Texas at the San Jacinto Museum of History will open Saturday, March 31, 2007...
Volunteers Needed!
February 2007
The San Jacinto Museum of History would like to invite you to become a volunteer at the San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment, on April 21, 2007...
2007 San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment
Calling all arts and crafts vendors and exhibitors, food vendors, entertainers and historical demonstrators! Elevator Renovations Complete at the San Jacinto Monument
September 2006
Visitors to the San Jacinto Museum of History and Monument can begin riding the elevator to the newly renovated Observation Floor very soon...
June 2006
Following a period of renovation, the staff of the San Jacinto Museum of History has moved back into their offices in the Monument in the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Park, with the Museum partially open to the public...
February 2006
The San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment on Saturday, April 22, 2006 is an independence celebration of Texas' legendary Battle of San Jacinto...
February 2006
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Park grounds, the Marsh Boardwalk and Battleship TEXAS remain open...
August 2005
San Jacinto Museum of History is hosting an Elegant Evening with History. ...
September 2004
The process of creating a new Master Paln to guide a major overhaul of the San Jacinto Monument and battleground is resulting in some site changes that will mean temprary visitor inconveniences during renovations. ...
The San Jacinto Day Festival on Saturday, April 23, 2005 is an independence celebration befitting Texas' legendary Battle of San Jacinto and the enduring, mythic spirit of Texas, complete with music, entertainment, food, games, fun and lots of living history...
Texas Originals: Real and Imagined, on display at the San Jacinto Museum of History through Labor Day 2005, contains one-of-a-kind artifacts from legendary encounters in Texas history, as well as symbolic remnants of a turbulent past. ...
September 28, 2004
To celebrate the glorious hey-day of Texas "gold," the San Jacinto Museum of History will host a Family Day on Saturday, October 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is the second Family Day in a three-month celebration...
July 2004
A new exhibit called Texas Originals: Real and Imagined, will open at the San Jacinto Museum beginning September 4, 2004....
Native American-themed Family Day officially opens exhibit, Sept. 4, 2004
The San Jacinto Museum of History will open its new yearlong exhibit, Texas Originals: Real and Imagined, with an exciting Native American-themed Family Day: Celebrations in Tradition. ...
Musician plays reputed David Crockett fiddle from 1819
It's one thing to see the fiddle that David Crockett is reputed to once have made music with. But to hear music from that same instrument will be a special treat. ...
July 2004
February 12, 2004
The third annual Monument Classic Golf Tournament will tee off at Bay Forest Golf Course, La Porte, at 12:30 on April 20, 2004.
February 9, 2004
The Official State of Texas ceremony commemorating the 168th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto will be held at the Battleground on April 21, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. with Ron Stone as the emcee.
February 7, 2004
The fourth annual Battle of San Jacinto Symposium will be held on Friday, April 23, 2004. The theme of the Symposium is "Digging for History: New Insights on the Origin of the Texas Revolution and the Battle of San Jacinto"...
March 2004
On Saturday, April 24, thousands will witness the re-creation of this significant battle during the San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. Battlefield visitors will hear booming cannons, cracking musket fire, thundering hooves and piercing yells....
November 1, 2003 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The San Jacinto Museum of History will partner with the San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Park to host a day of hands-on family activities that will celebrate the history and culture of Texas...
October 1, 2003
Houston, TX. - A woman's perspective of life from the time Houston was founded shortly after the Texas Revolution through the end of the 19th century will represent the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library's contribution to a group exhibit, "Archives: Houston's Best Kept Secret."
September 25, 2003
New CIS Director Eduardo Aguirre to Speak
Judge to Administer Citizenship Oath to Wife. The San Jacinto Monument will be the site for a naturalization ceremony for new United States citizens September 25. The event will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, September 25, on the grounds of the Monument...
April 26, 2003
Thunderous cannon and musket fire will once again resound across the San Jacinto Battleground beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2003, to kick off ceremonies commemorating the 167th anniversary of the 18-minute battle on April 21, 1836...
April 26, 2003
The pivotal point in history that severed Texas from Mexico will be vividly brought to life on Saturday, April 26, complete with booming cannonades, cracking musket fire, thundering hooves and terrifying yells.
April 1, 2003
Author James L. Haley utilized documents only recently made available to cast new light on the mystery and controversy surrounding the commander of the Texian forces in his 500-page book, Sam Houston. The Austin-based writer who has written more than a half-dozen books devoted primarily to Texas history will serve as the keynote speaker for the annual San Jacinto Dinner at 6 p.m. at the Houston County Club on Tuesday, April 22...
April 1, 2003
Many a teacher has stood on the grounds of San Jacinto State Historical Site trying to explain how the massing Texian troops were not spotted by the Mexican Army and how the marsh prevented any possibility of retreat by the Mexican forces. Recent and ongoing improvements are beginning to make historical interpretation of the Battle of San Jacinto much easier.
October, 2002
The weekend of Dia de los Muertos, All Soul’s Day, will bring a day of healing to the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. An outdoor Mass on the point overlooking the San Jacinto River will memorialize …
March, 2002
A childhood passion for the television series featuring the coonskin-cap-wearing Fess Parker as Davy Crockett grew into an adult obsession for understanding the Alamo...
March, 2002
For the first time, a battle on the links will precede the annual Reenactment of the Battle of San Jacinto. Participating duffers will face the onslaught of the Twin Sisters "cannons"-a 187-yard, par-3 hole armed...
April 20, 2002 * San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site * La Porte, Texas
Booming cannonades, cracking musket fire, thundering hooves and terrifying yells will…
March, 2002
Alligators, coyotes, otters, diamondback terrapins, peregrine falcons, wood ibises (storks), brown pelicans, reddish egrets, roseate spoonbills, great blue herons, osprey, mottled ducks and American…
March, 2002
Any seventh-grade history student in Texas can recite the significance of April 21, 1836, but dates alone are meaningless. History is about people and how their actions affected the events of…
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