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The San Jacinto Monument is a 570-foot obelisk that commemorates the Texian victory over Mexico in the Texan War for Independence (1836). It is the world's tallest masonry tower and is constructed of Texas limestone. At the top, there is a 34-foot Lone Star. The walls of the monument contain the following narrative, which is patriotic but decidedly one-sided. The early policies of Mexico toward her Texas colonists had been extremely liberal. Large grants of land were made to them, and...

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