As you might expect, the San Jacinto Museum of History holds several items that once belonged to General Antonio López de Santa Anna - the Mexican leader who trounced the rebels at the Alamo only to ...

AUSTIN — The petition to wrest Santa Anna’s leg from Illinois and bring it to Texas was flat-footed from the start. But Texas museum officials believe their heart was in the right place, even if that ...

The leadership at the Illinois State Military Museum is tiptoeing away from its most famous artifact. Yes, we are talking about the ultimate war booty: Mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s ...

SPRINGFIELD -- First those Texans took our jobs. Then they took our money. Now they want our leg. Well, to be precise, Gen. Santa Anna's leg. But a group of Illinois soldiers stole it fair and square ...

DECATUR - The year was 1847. As historical and personal accounts tell it, on April 18, Illinois and New York soldiers attacked Mexican troops under the leadership of Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The petition to wrest Santa Anna's leg from Illinois and bring it to Texas was flat-footed from the start. But Texas museum officials believe their heart was in the right place, ...