Bill and I both love history museums; in fact I once worked in one in Kansas. When our daughter moved to Houston she took us to see several, including the San Jacinto Monument, but it was so long ago we decided to go again.
It was here in 1836 that volunteer Anglo-Americans and Tejanos defeated Santa Anna’s much larger army, gaining independence for Texas.
The monument was built during the Great Depression to commemorate the 100 year anniversary, mostly out of fossilized Cordova Cream shellstone — I enjoyed looking at the stone as much as the exhibits!
We happened to arrive just as several school buses of noisy, undisciplined children also arrived. We tried going through the exhibit covering 400 years of Texas history but it was just too loud and hard to see much while dodging kids.
We happened to arrive just as several school buses of noisy, undisciplined children also arrived. We tried going through the exhibit covering 400 years of Texas history but it was just too loud and hard to see much while dodging kids.S
So we left the monument and headed to the nearby USS Texas battleship. Just as we finished going through the ship, the schoolchildren were coming to see the ship . . . leaving a very quiet, peaceful monument to us! We continued viewing exhibits, watched a history movie, and went to the observation deck near the top.
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| some of the shellstone was polished |
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| The USS Texas from observation deck |
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| view of marsh area from observation deck |
Nice sketch Vicky. I think it is so funny that adults love to peruse museums and read every information plaque whereas most of the children have no such interest—they are just enjoying a day away from the usual school day. I think adults are the ones who need to go on field trips!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! I’m a bit over-the-top about not only wanting to read all the info but also stand there a bit, imagining details of the person’s life.
Delete(But then, I was the same way as a child. You should have seen me when I first viewed watercolors by Andrew Wyeth! I especially remember looking at the dog on his master’s bed thinking “that can’t possibly be watercolor, it’s too perfect!”
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