San Jacinto Monument
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The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston. The octagonal Art Deco sp
The San Jacinto Monument in 2007
Aerial View San Jacinto Monument (1950s)
USS Texas and the Monument seen at sunrise in late 2007
The base of the monument
Washington Monument
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The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first presi
San Jacinto Monument
…between 1936 and 1939 and dedicated on April 21, 1939. The world's tallest masonry column, it is 12 feet taller than the 554.612-foot (169.046 m) tall Washington Monument, the tallest stone monument in the world. Visitors can take an elevator to the monument's observation deck for a view of Houston and the San Jacinto…
The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., in 2022
Print of the proposed Washington Monument by architect Robert Mills, c. 1845–1848
Donation receipt of the Washington National Monument Society
Bronze statue of George Washington in the monument's western alcove