San Jacinto Battleground

Pros: A great place for your mind to conjure...
Cons: Off the beaten path, and unknown to many...

The beauty of historical battlefields can also reveal the most horrifying mental images.

And one of the most stark and powerful sites in this country for mental traveling is the San Jacinto Battleground just to the south of the city of...

Pros: Tour a WWII battleship or learn about Texas battle for independence from Mexico
Cons: Park could be better maintained, offer more amenities

Interested in Texas history? How about old World War II battleships? If either of these are up your alley, then take a trip out to San Jacinto Park in the southeast Houston neighborhood of La Porte.

There are two major attractions at the park:...

Pros: Can expand your knowledge of Texas history, if you have some to begin with
Cons: Not knowing Texas history, I was left feeling like I was missing the story

I've read most of the reviews of the San Jacinto Memorial that others have written here at Epinions. Many of them speak of the powerful feelings of history, battle, and pride they've felt while standing on the ground there. I've noticed that most of...

Pros: A place of overwhelming importance
Cons: Let's see how they do with the renovations

Fifteen hundred miles away, Andy Jackson fidgeted in the White House, in a fever of excitement, one gnarled finger jabbing the map. 'Here!' he insisted: 'here is where he'll make a stand.' His old protege Sam Houston was locked in titanic struggle with...

Pros: very historical
Cons: very hot in summer

Several others have given you the basic outline and history of San Jacinto Museum and the Battleship of Texas so I am going to give you a different story to read.

I am not a history buff or never thought I was until after my divorce and was...

Pros: Fun, educational
Cons: Boring if you don't like history

The San Jacinto Monument, something I could look out my window and see, is a neat structure built for such a great cause.

In the town it's in, Deer Park/La Porte depending on how you look at it, each school is required to visit it during the...

Pros: War is the result of the tragic nature of mankind.
Cons: However, this tragic nature remains apart of the world we still live in.

On a table at a Gun Show in Houston, Texas lay an India Pattern Brown Bess Musket which carried the initials of "JL". One hundred and sixty-eight years ago, this Musket lay on the Battlefield at San Jacinto. Its journey to the table at the Gun Show was ...