San Jacinto

Texas License Plate	San Jacinto Monument, Texas	Texas Revolution Battle of San Jacinto - 21 April 1836	San Jacinto Monument - east of Houston
Rental car for the day...	Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - Building of Industries	Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - Coming of the Pioneers	Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - Coming of the Pioneers
Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - San Jacinto Advance	Relief on the San Jacinto Monument - Travis' Letter from the Alamo	The First Shot of the Texas Revolution, Gonzales 2 Oct 1835	Early policies of Mexico towards the Texas colonists started well, but after 1829 unscrupulous rulers siezed power in Mexico
Texas declaration of Independence, 2 March 1836	Here, 21 April 1836, the Army of Texas under San Houston attacked the Mexican Army of Gen. Santa Anna	"Remember the Alamo"	San Jacinto was one of the world's decisive battles, the start of a chain of events leading to the USA increasing area by 1/3
San Jacinto Monument stone	Flag of Spain, San Jacinto Monument	From an 1869 map of the City of Houston, San Jacinto Museum	Mexican soldiers during the Texas Revolution
Map of Mexico and Texas around 1830	Mexican national emblem	The Hawkins Flag of 1836, one of the first with the "lone star"	Bust of San Houston
Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna	View from the top of the San Jacinto Monument	San Jacinto Battlefield from the top of the Monument	San Jacinto Battlefield
Marhses at the San Jacinto Battlefield	The Battleship Texas seen from the San Jacinto Monument	Battleship Texas	The skyline of Houston seen from the top of the San Jacinto Monument
Port of Houston, Texas	Tanker Bunga Kelana Satu (Malaysia) arriving at the Port of Houston	Fred Hartman Bridge, Baytown, Texas	Map of the New World ca 1570, San Jacinto Museum
18th Century Map of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, San Jacinto Museum	Map of North America ca 1790, San Jacinto Museum	San Jacinto Battlefield, Texas	Fred Hartman Bridge, Baytown, Texas
San Jacinto Monument	Battleship Texas Museum, San Jacinto	Battleship USS Texas (BB-35) 573ft long	Battleship Texas launched 18 May 1912
USS Texas saw action during WWI	USS Texas escorted convoys in the North Atlantic during WWII	Tripod mast of the USS Texas with radar, main battery fire control and forward battle lookouts	USS Texas shelled the beaches of North Africa and Normandy
USS Texas transferred to the Pacific in late 1944	In the Pacific War, USS Texas took part in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa	USS Texas was decommissioned in 1948 after earning 5 battle stars in WWII	Battleship Texas armament - 10 14" guns
Battleship Texas armament - 21 5" guns	USS Texas information - Protection	USS Texas information - The Big Guns	USS Texas information - Defense
USS Texas information - Propulsion and Navigation	USS Texas information - Modifications	Battleship Texas displaces 27,000 tons	Boarding the USS Texas
14" shells for the main guns of USS Texas	Aft turrets of USS Texas	USS Texas - National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark	Map of the USS Texas
USS Texas Service Record	Anti-aircraft gun	Anti-aircraft gun sight	Rear tripod mast of USS Texas with range finder
Galley of USS Texas	Stack of USS Texas	Main battery fire control mast and AA guns	5" gun, USS Texas
Forward deck, USS Texas	Battleship USS Texas	USS Texas	USS Texas turrets 1 and 2
14" guns of the USS Texas	14" guns of the USS Texas	USS Texas	Shell ready for loading inside a main turrent of USS Texas
Turret position indicator	Powder bags ready for loading	Armament, USS Texas	Navigation room, USS Texas
Battleship Texas AA battery	Bridge of USS Texas	Battleship Texas	Battleship Texas with San Jacinto Monument
Anti-aircraft battery, USS Texas	American flag, USS Texas	Crew bunks, USS Texas	Barber shop, USS Texas
Hospital, USS Texas	Radio Room, USS Texas	Officer's Quarters, USS Texas	USS Texas toilet
Drum with "Frenchie" USS Texas	Historic photograph of sailors dancing on the USS Texas	USS Texas World War I service plaque	USS Texas World War II service plaque
USS Texas silver punch bowl set	USS Texas - silver sailing ship	USS Texas	USS Texas
Battleship Texas	Lian Xing Hu arriving at Port of Texa	Lian Xing Hu arriving at Port of Texas with the tug Matthew k	Navigator Neptune arriving at the Port of Houston
Tugboat Mark K escorting the Navigator Neptune, Port of Houston	Tugboat Mark K and Navigator Neptune	Tugboat Mark K escorting the Navigator Neptune, Port of Houston	Industrial area east of Houston
Chemical plant next to the Port of Houston	Port of Houston	Tony's Barbecue