San Jacinto Monument

The Battle of San Jacinto was a decisive Texan victory over Mexico in 1836 during the Texas Revolution. To honor the eighteen-minute battle, construction began a century later on the San Jacinto Monument, shown in this aerial photograph. Completed in 1939, it is the world’s tallest masonry column.

Image: “Houston, Texas – San Jacinto Monument” by the United States Army (1939). From the National Archives and Records Administration