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2. San Jacinto Monument - Wikipedia

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   The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high (172.92-meter) [2] [note 1] column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston. The Art Deco monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas ...

3. San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto. It is located off the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas near the city of Houston. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. [2] [3] A prominent feature of the park is the San Jacinto Monument ...

4. Twin Sisters (cannons) - Wikipedia

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   Twin Sisters Monument featured at the San Jacinto Monument (seen in rear) in Deer Park, Texas. Cannons shown are replicas, as the original Twin Sisters remain lost to history. The Twin Sisters are a pair of cannons used by Texas Military Forces during the Texas Revolution. [1]

5. List of tallest observation towers in the United States

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   San Jacinto Monument: 173 m (567 ft) 1939 Concrete La Porte, Texas: The monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto. It is the world's tallest monumental column and is part of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. 6 Reunion Tower: 171 m (561 ft) 1978 Concrete Dallas, Texas

6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas

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   San Jacinto Monument, La Porte. Fort Davis National Historic Site. ... South Texas: 206 San Saba: 3 0 Central: 207 Schleicher: 1 0 West Texas: 208 Scurry 0 0 ...

7. Battle of San Jacinto - Wikipedia

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   The third USS San Jacinto is a decommissioned guided missile cruiser commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1988 and decommissioned in 2023. [125] When the veteran battleship USS Texas was decommissioned in 1948 and made into a museum ship, it was decided to give her a permanent anchorage near the San Jacinto Monument. Her arrival from Baltimore ...

8. San Jacinto River (Texas) - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of San Jacinto was fought near the rain-swollen Buffalo Bayou in what is now Harris County during the 1836 Texas Revolution. The decisive victory gave rise to the Republic of Texas. The site is now a state historic park. The park is the site of the San Jacinto Monument.

9. List of Texas Revolution monuments and memorials - Wikipedia

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   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 ..." First Shot of the Texas Revolution Monument, 1936. Cost, Texas [1] Alamo Cenotaph, 1940. San Antonio, Texas; Heroes of the Alamo Monument, 1891. Texas State Capitol grounds, Austin, Texas. Designer: J.S ...