If you’ve ever visited the San Jacinto Monument in Houston, TX, there’s a good chance you know this fun Texas fact. Completed in 1939, located along the Houston Ship Channel in La Porte, it is, in fact, taller than the much more famous Washington Monument located in our nation’s capital.
The Monument is the tallest masonry column in the world. It is more than 12 feet taller that the Washington Monument. It weights approximately 70 million pounds. The star atop the Monument, which symbolizes the Lone Star State, is 34 feet tall and weighs approximately 220 tons,” this according to the San Jacinto Museum…