Millions of people in Illinois got their heart’s desire when the Cubs finally won the World Series. Some people in Texas have a more mysterious yearning. They want the leg of Antonio Lopez de Santa ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—The War of Santa Anna’s Leg has raged for 169 years. It started when the Mexican general abandoned his wood, cork and leather prosthetic in a carriage, and resumed most recently when ...

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 ...

Santa Anna’s leg resides in the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield, Ill. The rest of the general was interred in Mexico City. There are at least three of Santa Anna’s prosthetic legs: the ...

The Daughters of the Republic of Texas have never been fond admirers of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. He, after all, was the annihilator of the defenders of the Alamo in Texas' fight for freedom. And ...