The Antiquities Act of 1906, signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt, gave Congress or the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal land as a means of protecting ...

Today, her journey has come full circle. San Jacinto Panciteria has finally reopened its doors in a physical location at One Raffles Place, Congressional Avenue. For Juliet, this is not just a ...

The San Jacinto Monument — the world's tallest war memorial at over 567 feet — is set to undergo a "transformative" $142 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — This week in April marks the 85th anniversary of the dedication of the San Jacinto Monument – a marvel of design and construction that stands tall today. Looking at the ...

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) -- Thousands of candles will burn brightly Saturday night, setting the San Jacinto Monument and battleground aglow in honor of Texans who made the ultimate sacrifice for our ...

The San Jacinto Monument is a vertical shaft 570 feet high—an emphatic 15 feet taller than the Washington Monument—that ascends with splendid indifference to the flat coastal prairie ...

In 1860 the Habermehl home was built on land near the present-day location of the monument. The land was eventually condemned so it could officially become part of the San Jacinto state park site.

A drop-off location near the San Jacinto Monument will be provided. Don't miss this opportunity to experience history come alive at the 2023 San Jacinto Day Celebration! About Us the San Jacinto ...

President Joe Biden signed into law legislation on Friday that will place 2,560 acres of land in the San Jacinto ... the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.

Because of its out-of-the-way location and Hanson living a seemingly quiet life from that point on, the monument fell out of mind quickly for San Franciscans. A two-part column by the Chronicle ...

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) -- The San Jacinto Museum has closed the monument's observation deck indefinitely due to elevator issues, the museum announced. The historic Texas landmark wrote in a ...

Located on the Houston Ship Channel, the San Jacinto Monument, a 567.31-foot-high obelisk, looms over the battlefield where Sam Houston’s Texian army won Texas its independence back in 1836.