2025 Family Day Schedule
Family Days are just one event we offer at the San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association. To view our full list of events, please click here. We look forward to seeing you at the site!
San Jacinto Family Day: Flags of the Texas revolution
June 7, 2025 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
The Texians created and used multiple flags throughout the Texan Revolution to represent their cause, six of which we fly daily at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. All flags send a visual message, and the Texian army had a lot to say! From the crystal-clear invitation to “Come and Take It” on the Gonzales flag, to the symbolic Liberty flag flown at the battle of San Jacinto, these flags proudly display the goals and intentions of the Revolution.
Discover what our six flags represent and learn about the study of vexillology while creating your own flag!
San Jacinto Family Day: Badges, Buckles, and Buttons
July 5, 2025 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Learn about the various types of military insignias worn by Mexicans and Texians during the battle of San Jacinto. Educators will talk about the history of accessorizing uniforms for battle, the various meanings of Texas Revolution-specific insignia designs, and the larger importance of symbolism both during and after the battle of San Jacinto. As the educators speak to visitors, they will demonstrate how to create military insignias using gold-foiled cardboard sheets and button-making machines.
San Jacinto Family Day: Scenes of San jacinto
August 2, 2025 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
On April 22, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto, Captain James Tarleton wrote a letter to his brothers describing the battlefield as “the most beautiful prairie, handsomely variegated with small groves of timber.” However, a lot has changed over the last 187 years. The San Jacinto visitors see today looks very different than the one where General Houston and General Santa Anna fought. Bring the San Jacinto of 1836 back to life by making your own homemade diorama. We’ll provide the materials; you just need to bring your imagination.
San Jacinto Family Day: Make a shako
September 6, 2025 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
The shako – a tall, cylindrical military cap with a visor – was an important part of military uniforms in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These hats were often decorated with various ornaments of metal, fabric, and feathers, as well as various symbols related to the country’s military. Learn more about this unique part of the military uniform and decorate your own shako to take home.
San Jacinto Family Day: Dirt Detectives
October 4, 2025 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Archeologists are dirt detectives who try to puzzle out the past from the artifacts and evidence left behind. During October’s San Jacinto Family Day, we’re celebrating Texas Archeology Month as well! We’ve created puzzles using images of real artifacts found during archeological excavations at the San Jacinto Battleground. See if you can put them back together, and figure out what the object is and what it was used for, just like a real archeologist! We will also be handing out free take-home archeology kits that include the materials to make a pinch pot!
San Jacinto Family Day: take home shell stone
November 1, 2025 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
105 million years ago, the land that is now Texas was covered in an ocean. The seashells you see on the walls of the monument are the fossils of creatures from that time. Learn about the construction of the monument and the history of the land that is now Texas, and create your own shell stone with clay.
San Jacinto Family Day: Corn Husk Angels
December 6, 2025 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Kids had to make their own toys on the Texas frontier, and a corn husk doll was a staple of a Texas childhood in the 1830s. Join us to learn about dolls on the frontier and make your own holiday corn husk angel to take home. We'll provide the materials; all you need is your creativity and seasonal spirit!