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SAM HOUSTON STATUE |
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The former Soviet Union had a habit of
erecting giant statues, mostly of the founding father of communism,
Lenin. The Soviets also named cities after their two most prominent
revolutionaries, Lenin and Stalin, Leningrad and Stalingrad. The Soviet Union also always
liked to brag about being the first, the biggest and the best.
Texas has very little in common with the old Soviet Union. |
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The statue of Sam Houston is part of a nice little park with a visitor's center. Sam Houston stands about 170 miles south of Dallas and about 70 miles north of his namesake city. And just a bit south of the prisons in Huntsville where the Texas executions take place. |
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You walk a trail through a piney woods forest. Suddenly the backside of a giant Sam Houston comes into view. |
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Walking out of the woods and beside Sam. The Sam Houston Statue was made by artist David Akickes. It is the world's tallest statue of an American hero. It is not known what or where the second tallest statue of an American hero is. Sam Houston is 67 feet tall standing on a 10 foot tall granite pedestal. |
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The cane must help support Mr. Houston during high winds. |
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The view of Sam Houston from the edge of the freeway. |
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