Talk:Juan Seguín

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[edit] name

Can anyone provide a source to any reference to him as "Juan Sequin"? I've grown up in Texas and never seen or heard the Sequin variation of his name.

[edit] Burial

The article states that Seguín arranged for the defenders to be buried with military honors. Our other articles state that nearly all of them had been cremated en masse by Stanta Anna, so what was buried? Also, since the defenders were legally Mexicans, were these Mexican military honors that they recieved? 70.20.238.31 04:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

-my understanding is that Seguin scooped up some of the ashes, placed them in a wooden casket and had them buried. Texas did have a standing army at the time (or at least what it called one) so I would assume they received Rep. of Texas military honors. San Fernando Catherdral in San Antonio now contains a marble crypt that is supposed to hold the ashes. Also on commerce street there is a historical marker claiming to be the spot where Seguin originally buried the ashes.