8/15-8/18/2025: allow extra time to drive to the San Jacinto Battleground, as construction on the frontage roads at Independence Parkway and Highway 225 may impact your drive.

Spring Break Programs

HEAD TO THE SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND on March 13th through 16th for family fun outdoors.  A series of programs will be rotating, including:

  • Battle Beats: The Music of War. Hear musical orders from a variety of instruments  
  • Haversack Packing. Learn to pack like a Texian soldier, discovering what would and would not be brought along to war.
  • Capture the Cannon. Join Col. Sydney Sherman’s cavalry skirmish via a friendly game of capture the flag. 
  • Tortilla Making. Discover how Tejano and Mexican women prepared meals for their soldiers and soldados.