Texas history on CSPAN 3 for the Thanksgiving weekend

Save Texas History Symposium session on the Mexican retreat after San Jacinto to air

AUSTIN — The nation will feast on some Texas history — among other things — this weekend when CSPAN 3 airs a session from the 2011 Save Texas History Symposium.

Wharton pediatrician and “avocational archeologist” Dr. Gregg Dimmick tells the story of the Mexican Army’s retreat after the battle of San Jacinto in the segment, which will air at 10:20 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27; at 5:20 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 3; and at 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 on CSPAN 3.  For schedule updates, check http://www.c-spanvideo.org/schedule/

Dimmick was one of the speakers at the 2011 Save Texas History Symposium, held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center Oct. 1. Proceeds from the annual Save Texas History Symposium go toward the General Land Office’s Save Texas History program, which promotes education and preservation of historic documents and maps.

Dimmick, author of Sea of Mud:  The Retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, tells of his work that literally rewrote the history of the Mexican Army’s ill-fated 1836 retreat from Texas, in which more than 2,500 Mexican soldiers and 1,500 female camp followers became bogged down in the muddy fields of what is now Wharton County.

To learn more about Save Texas History, visit www.SaveTexasHistory.org.