San Jacinto Monument

The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot (172.92 m) high column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States, near the city of La Porte. The monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The monument, constructed between 1936 and 1939 and dedicated on April 21, 1939, is the world's tallest monumental column and is part of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. By comparison, the Washington Monument is 555.427 feet (169.294 m) tall. The column is an octagonal shaft faced with Texas Cordova shellstone, topped with a 34-foot (10 m) Lone Star—the symbol of Texas. Visitors can take an elevator to the monument's observation deck for a view of Houston and the USS Texas.

The San Jacinto Museum of History is located inside the base of the monument, and focuses on the history of the Battle of San Jacinto and Texas culture and heritage.

The San Jacinto Battlefield, of which the monument is a part, was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960, and is therefore also automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1992.

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San Jacinto Monument

San Jacinto Monument

San Jacinto Monument

San Jacinto Monument

October: San Jacinto Monument

The San Jacinto Monument stands alone and proud on the very flat, sea-level land on the port of Houston. The 570 foot monument, with its 34 foot star symbolising the Lone Star State, is built on the site of the Battle of San Jacinto which resulted in Texas gaining independence from Mexico and paving the way for the formation of the Republic of Texas.

The San Jacinto Monument, Deer Park, Texas

The San Jacinto Monument, Deer Park, Texas

San Jacinto Monument

Last king of Texas

San Jacinto Monument

Last Mexican ruler of Texas. Born Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 February 1794 –; 21 June 1876), often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, self-styled "the Napoleon of the West", was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government. Santa Anna fought first against Mexican independence from Spain, then in support of it. Though not the first caudillo (military leader) of Mexico, he was among the earliest. He held the rank of general and or the office of president (or both concurrently) at various times over a turbulent forty-year career; he was president of Mexico on eleven non-consecutive occasions over a period of twenty-two years.

From the bow, looking aft at the 14" gunmounts

Battle ship U.S.S. TEXAS

Aboard the Battleship Texas La Porte, TX Photo blogged here