Texas won it's independence from Mexico via war and the name of the President of Mexico during the fight for independence was Santa Anna. He told his soldiers to take all the weapons from the Texans. When the Mexican soldiers tried to take the cannon at Gonzales the Texans hung a sign on the cannon that said, "Come and Take It!" You can still see that today in Texas on T-shirts, bumper stickers, coffee mugs, and other items. During the Battle of the Alamo the Texans had 20

Below is the memorial tower for the place where Texas fought for their independence. The battle only lasted 18 minutes and in the end Texas won. The commander of the Texas army was Sam Houston and he was later elected the first President of Texas. The battle was called the Battle of San Jacinto and it took place on the south side of Houston. The battle cry of the Texas soldiers was, "Remember the Alamo!" From the highest floor of the tower we could see how swampy the land

On our trip to San Antonio we visited the Alamo. The reason the Alamo is a "twofer" is because it's an example of a Spanish Mission, (if you don't know about that, check out our Spanish Missions post here: https://www.4thelove.net/post/mini-mission-life), it was also the location of a battle in the war for Texas' independence from Mexico. The shape of the church was a cross just like we learned about, there was a well, there was a plaza and garden areas. The walls were

We went back to San Antonio to learn more about the influence of Mexican culture in Texas. San Antonio has a place called Historic Market Square that is set up like a market that you would find in Mexico. Did you know that at one time Texas was part of Mexico? Below is the Mexican flag. The green stripe represents independence, the white represents the purity of their Catholic faith, the red represents the Spanish that helped them win their independence and the blood of th