Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On 17 March 1948, Texas began her journey to her new anchorage along the busy Houston Ship Channel near the San Jacinto Monument, at San Jacinto State Park, arriving on 20 April, where she was turned over to the State of Texas the next day to serve as a permanent memorial. [8] Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 April 1948. [9]
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 ...
Finn designed theaters in Brenham, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. Only one of these is still extant (as of October 12, 2017): the Simon Theatre in Brenham, designed in 1925. [8] [9] Finn and Jones collaborated in the fruition of two theaters in Downtown Houston, the Metropolitan in 1926 and the Loew's State in 1927. [10] [2] [11]
23 June 1842, ordered to San Felipe de Austin by Secretary of War & Marine George W. Hockley "to be in readiness for transportation to any point that may be designated in opening the mediated campaign." [41] Note: Hockley was the commanding officer of artillery during the Battle of San Jacinto
Law and crime A mail carrier from Dublin, Ohio, (told that he would lose his job) allegedly kills 2 of his supervisors. (AP via ABC News) (The Columbus Dispatch) Politics and elections Previously secret documents from Alan Ewen Donald, the United Kingdom's ambassador to China between 1988 and 1991, regarding the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, are released after being declassified in ...
The San Jacinto Monument commemorates the Battle of San Jacinto (1836) in which Texas won its independence from Mexico. From 1948 to 2022, also along the channel's path was the museum ship USS Texas (BB-35). She saw service during both world wars, and is the oldest remaining example of a dreadnought-era battleship in existence. [15]
December 8, 1976 : San Antonio: Bexar: Only surviving hangar of 16 built at Brooks Air Force Base (now Brooks City-Base) in 1918. Now a special events venue. 20: Harrell site: July 19, 1964 : South Bend: Young
San Jacinto Day is the celebration of the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. It was the final battle of the Texas Revolution where Texas won its independence from Mexico . It is an official "partial staffing holiday" in the State of Texas (state offices are not closed on this date).