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PURPOSE: The Sabine Volunteers is a local East Texas reenactment group dedicated to
living, learning, and teaching both sides of the Texas colonial period during
the 1830s. We have participated at the Alamo, George Ranch, Goliad,
Washington on the Brazos, and San Jacinto with other reenactors throughout
Texas. We have been on the History Channel and visit local schools with
hopes of bringing the pages of the Texas Revolution to life. Feel
free to email us if you would like us to visit your group or join our
organization. HISTORY: It all started at George Ranch in October 2001. I was interested in
getting into reenacting. Jerry Tubbs told me to buy some shoes, shirt, and
pants and he would put me on a cannon as a Soldado. After the reenactment,
Jerry helped me with the 1000 questions I had. As far as I knew I was the
only one in East Texas involved in reenacting. I decided to form a group.
I had the newspaper run an article on myself. Three members one which is
still with us Elmer Smith joined from that newspaper article. We ran
a second one several years later and acquired another member, Tom Rooney.
Since then we have gained one more member Jack Payne making ourselves
a 4 man group. My kids soon occupied my time and so our recruitment
activities dropped. Our group decided to select a name. We decided on the Sabine Volunteers
since we were in East Texas near the Sabine River. Little did we realize
that there was an actual group called the Sabine Volunteers. One of the
Sabine Volunteers, Lt. Hale, was killed at San Jacinto. More to come! |