http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/05/03/the-san-jacinto-monument/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:47:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/05/03/the-san-jacinto-monument/#comment-7931 Jessica Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:59:06 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/05/03/the-san-jacinto-monument/#comment-7931 <p>The column itself is actually a little shorter than the WAshington Monument. When the Texas government (post-statehood) asked the United States for permission, the US government approved, with the limitation that the column had to be shorter than the Washington monument. It's the museum that the Texans built under it that makes it taller. ;)</p> The column itself is actually a little shorter than the WAshington Monument. When the Texas government (post-statehood) asked the United States for permission, the US government approved, with the limitation that the column had to be shorter than the Washington monument. It’s the museum that the Texans built under it that makes it taller.

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