More than 500 Boy Scouts presented the colors at the start of the of the Battle of San Jacinto ceremony, which included such dignitaries as Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff and Sam Houston IV, the great grandson of the general, who read a condensed version of the battle report from San Jacinto. There's more to story of Battle of San Jacinto Generations of Texans have been taught that Sam Houston's victory in the Battle of San Jacinto 165 years ago today won Texas' independence from Mexico.
Scholars say, however, there's a lot more to that story from the Mexican army.