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Santa Anna was found and captured the following day, and Texas became an independent nation until its annexation into the United States in 1845. TRISH GRIFFITH | DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC
This week marks the 185 th anniversaries of two key dates. Texas Independence Day – which commemorates the signing of Texas’ declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836 – was Tuesday. The anniversary of the fall of the Alamo will be Saturday.
Although the Texas Revolution began with the Battle of Gonzales and ended with the Battle of San Jacinto, tensions that eroded the relationship between…