R Clayton McKee | Photo Galleries | 2011 San Jacinto Festival and Battle Re-Enactment | Juan the road again

Juan Seguin was the last messenger sent from the Alamo before the last assault and the fall of the garrison there. He was one of a number of riders who spread the word and set off the Runaway Scrape. Here, Seguin, portrayed as usual by Andy Andersen, sets off to tell the Texians to run for their lives, as Santa Anna's army was marching across Texas as fast as they could go, hoping to catch the Texas government, then fleeing to Galveston.

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