August 11, 2007 - Saturday
We got out to the San Jacinto monument near Deer Park and Pasadena
just outside of Houston toward the south.
We also went by the Battleship Texas. *In 1948, the Battleship Texas became
the first battleship memorial museum in the U.S. That same year, on the
anniversary of Texas Independence, the Texas was presented to the State of
Texas and commissioned as the flagship of the Texas Navy.
*In 1983, the Texas was placed under the stewardship of the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department and is permanently anchored on the Buffalo Bayou and
the busy Houston Ship Channel. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's
1,200-acre San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site consists of the
Battleground, Monument and Battleship Texas.
If you want to learn about the San Jacinto Monument, you can visit here:
San Jacinto
* To lear more about the Battleship Texas, you can visit here:
Battleship Texas
