Daughters of the Republic of Texas - Sidney Sherman Chapter

12/07/2025

Beautiful Christmas party at the Artillery Club celebrating such a wonderful year!

12/06/2025

The Sidney Sherman Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas enjoyed a Christmas Luncheon at the Artillery Club of Galveston yesterday.
Thank you to Cindy Schnuriger for making all the beautiful arrangements! Thank you Joan McLeod for allowing us into this beautiful historial venue. President Susan Polk and passed President Dianne Reynolds spoke, Chaplian Marcy Hanson led us in prayers, Gwendolyn Lejsal & Denise Jones greeted all guests and a big thank you to Jennifer Meier for providing photos. Let the Holidays begin the Daughters have gathered in their Christmas finery 🎄🌟❤️

12/05/2025

Calling all student artists! Are you Texas savvy?

Each year, the Republic of Texas Museum holds an Art Contest open to all Elementary, Junior High, and High School students. Here’s your chance to demonstrate your talents and knowledge by depicting a Texas historical site, event, activity, or individual(s) that occurred/lived during the Republic of Texas era from 1820-1850.

For the upcoming 2026 contest, the divisions will be Grades 1-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12. All entries must be on 9x12 art paper or poster and created with the medium of your choice. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners.

The deadline for your submission is February 1, 2026 - barely two months away! Click the following link NOW to download the Rules and Official Entry Form. And have FUN with your project!

https://www.drtinfo.org/common/Uploaded%20files/Learn/FINAL%20%20WHITE%20Annual%20Art%20Contest-10%20(3).pdf

11/27/2025

November 26, 1835, Texan forces defeated a Mexican column in the so-called Grass Fight. The Texas army besieging San Antonio was informed at mid-morning that Mexican cavalrymen with pack animals were approaching. Thinking that the column might be carrying pay for the Mexican army, the Texans attacked with cavalry and infantry. Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos, commander of the Mexican garrison in San Antonio, sent out infantrymen and an artillery piece. The Texans eventually drove the Mexicans back. Texas losses included four wounded, while Mexican losses numbered three dead and fourteen wounded. The pack train, the Texans discovered, was carrying only grass for the Mexican army animals.
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11/27/2025

Texas has a rich Thanksgiving history. Happy Thanksgiving from the Sidney Sherman Chapter, DRT. We have much to be thankful for!

The First Thanksgiving may have been observed in Texas on April 30, 1598 by Spanish explorer Juan de Onate and members of his expedition.

11/19/2025

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: 190 years ago today, on November 18, 1835, Stephen F. Austin relieved Philip A. Dimmitt of command of the Goliad garrison. The previous month, Dimmitt had led a successful Texian attack on the Mexican fort at Lipantitlán, severing the supply line between Matamoros and Béxar and enabling the capture of Coahuila y Tejas governor Agustín Viesca.

The victory infuriated Mexican loyalists within the Texian ranks, who demanded Austin dismiss Dimmitt for exceeding his authority. In protest, Dimmitt’s supporters—led by John J. Linn and others—issued the Goliad Declaration of Independence on November 21, 1835, openly calling for Texas to separate from Mexico.

Faced with this strong backing, the provisional government’s General Council overruled Austin and reinstated Dimmitt as commander at Goliad. He continued to serve with distinction: scouting for the Alamo garrison, delivering critical intelligence, and, after San Jacinto, bringing the first supplies and reinforcements to Sam Houston’s victorious army.

In 1841, Dimmitt committed su***de while being marched as a prisoner toward Mexico City rather than face imprisonment.

In 1858, the Texas legislature honored Philip Dimmitt's memory by creating a new county named for him; a clerical error in the enabling act changed the spelling, and it has been known ever since as Dimmit County. Can you imagine? Go through all of that, put your life on the line for Texas --- and then they misspell your name!

Aren't you glad I'm here to collect all these important Texas history facts for y'all so y'all don't have to do it y'all's selves? 😉😀

Shown here: the first Dimmit County Courthouse in Carrizo Springs not too long after it was built in 1884.

11/16/2025

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11/11/2025

On Veteran’s Day, we honor all who serve and served especially our Texas veterans.

It is Veteran's Day, a day near and dear to my heart, being that my father retired as a Lt. Col after 25 years in the Army. Here's one of my favorite photos of veterans: W.P. Zuber (left) Alphonse Steel (right) were the last two survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. This photo was taken in 1907, some 71 years after the battle. Mad respect!

11/11/2025

Respect-Honor-Remember
Happy Veterans Day!
With admiration-
the Daughters of the Republic of Texas