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San Jacinto Day

American  

noun

  1. a legal holiday observed in Texas on April 21.


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In various parts of the country these include Jefferson Davis Day, Pioneer Day, San Jacinto Day, and, on some papers, the worker's birthday.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old Lance Lovelace thought he was playing it cute San Jacinto Day, but I saw through his little game.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

Then she added wistfully: "How I wish I could see this Plaza on San Jacinto Day!"

From The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

We also learned that the attendance on San Jacinto Day had been extremely light, not a person from Las Palomas being present, while the tournament for that year had been abandoned.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

Owing to the behavior of Quayle and Cotton, none of us had attended the celebration of San Jacinto Day at the ferry.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

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