| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Audrey Webb (AWebb) (35) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-12-21 |
| Categories: Architecture |
| Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-V1 |
| Exposure: f/6.3, 1/250 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-03-02 18:23 |
| Viewed: 373 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Although it was taken last December, I am posting this pic on Sam's 215th birthday. It's a decent shot, once you consider it was taken from the body-jolting zoo train as it wound its way through Hermann Park.
Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793–July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman, politician, and soldier. Houston was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as President of the Republic of Texas, Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as governor. Although a slaveowner and opponent of abolitionism, he refused, because of his unionist convictions, to swear loyalty to the Confederacy when Texas seceded from the Union, bringing his governorship to an end. To avoid bloodshed, he refused an offer of an army to put down the rebellion, and instead retired to Huntsville, Texas, where he died before the end of the Civil War. |
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