San Jacinto Re-enactment Shows Life - And War - In 1836

The San Jacinto Battle Festival and Re-enactment will take place on the grounds of the monument in LaPorte during a daylong festival that aims to make visitors feel like they're in 1836. "Something they will do is have their camps open to the public so people can talk to them about how it was during that time period, what they ate, what they wore, how they felt during that time of the revolution," he said. [...] the United States would gain not only Texas but also New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California, Utah and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.