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The statue of Sam Houston in Houston's Hermann Park has several myths associated with it.
made about many monuments in many cities and countries, but I think
that these days people are too quick to find fishbones in their throats.
[image of Savannah Monument] This is a monument to the Confedera-
cy found in a park in Savannah. The story is that it was produced in Cana-
da and taken to Savannah by boat so it would never touch Yankee soil.
[image of Nelson statue] My first brush with a monument with a myth
is now before us. It is the Lord Nelson statue in Trafalgar Square in Lon-
don. The local myth is that if a maiden lady were to enter Trafalgar
Square, Lord Nelson would dismount and doff his hat. To my knowl-
edge, this has not yet occurred.
[image of the Houston statue] This monument is closer to home. It is
Sam Houston, and he is located in Hermann Park in Houston. Actually
there are two myths associated with this monument. The first has to do
with allegations of bad blood between Houston and Stephen F. Austin.
My grandfather, Lewis R. Bryan, was a Houston lawyer and was instru-
mental in raising money for the monument and seeing that it was erect-
ed. And his father, Moses Austin Bryan, was Houston's first interpreter
at the time of Santa Anna's surrender. It seems to me that if the myth
of bad blood were true, my grandfather would not have been a partici-
pant in this recognition of Houston. The other myth related to this
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