San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
Battlefield · La Porte, Texas
The marshy ground east of Houston where, on 21 April 1836, Sam Houston's Texian army destroyed Santa Anna's force in about eighteen minutes and won Texas its independence. A 567-foot art deco column crowned by a 220-ton star stands over it — twelve feet taller than the Washington Monument, and described as the tallest war memorial in the world — with a museum in its base, an observation floor near the top, and a 1,777-foot reflecting pool running away from it.
1 Monument Circle, La Porte, Texas, 77571, United States
Battleground and grounds open DAILY 9 AM - 6 PM, FREE. Museum, film and monument observation floor WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 9 AM - 6 PM, ticketed. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. ⚠ Battleship Texas is NO LONGER HERE — she is in Galveston and closed to visitors.
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