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Who Needs Mount Rushmore When We ve Got Mount Rush Hour?
Keep your eyes peeled for American Statesmanship Park next time you re near the I-10 and I-45 interchange.
By
Emma Schkloven
2/8/2021 at 6:00am
Published in the December 2020 issue of
Houstonia
A Texas-sized version of one of our countryâs most iconic monuments, the gigantic concrete busts of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen F. Austin, and Sam Houston by famed Houston artist David Adickes have been delighting traffic-bound travelers as they inch down one of the Bayou Cityâs most notorious bottlenecks for almost a decade. Technically called
American Statesmanship Park, its placement in the tiny, freeway-side First Ward park overlooking the I-10 and I-45 interchange has earned the iconic sculpture the nickname âMount Rush Hour,â which, if you ask us, is way catchier.
honor of reading to the united states senate george washington s farewell address. one senator gets tapped to do that every year in the senate and when paula hawkins got her turn in 1985, she read that address to the senate faster than anyone else had ever read it in the whole history of reading that speech out loud. when george washington left office, he decided to not seek a third term as president, he wrote his farewell address to the nation. this is the original. he never intended it to be read out loud. he wrote it as a document that would be readily the eye, not spoken by the voice. he had it published in a philadelphia newspaper called the daily american advertiser. they published in other papers after that. it s a great work of american statesmanship. it s beautiful in its own way but it s really dense. it s really dense. it s written to be read. it is nearly 8,000 words long. if you do read it out loud, it takes at least 45 minutes to read.
in february 19 l 85, it was florida senator paula hawkins given the honor of reading to the united states senate george washington s farewell address. one senator gets tapped to do that every year in the senate and when paula hawkins got her turn in 1985, she read that address to the senate faster than anyone else had ever read it in the whole history of reading that speech out loud. when george washington left office, he decided to not seek a third term as president, he wrote his farewell address to the nation. this is the original. he never intended it to be read out loud. he wrote it as a document that would be readily the eye, not spoken by the voice. he had it published in a philadelphia newspaper called the daily american advertiser. they published in it other pape after that. it s a great work of american statesmanship. it s beautiful in its own way but it s really dense. it s really dense. it s written to be read. it is nearly 8,000 words long.
to see what dweezil and moon unit were playing with but she s also remembered for the record she still holds today in the united states senate. in february 1985, it was florida senator paula hawkins given the honor of reading to the united states senate george washington s farewell address. one senator gets tapped to do that every year in the senate and when paula hawkins got her turn in 1985, she read that address to the senate faster than anyone else had ever read it in the whole history of reading that speech out loud. when george washington left office, he decided to not seek a third term as president, he wrote his farewell address to the nation. this is the original. he never intended it to be read out loud. he wrote it as a document that would be readily the eye, not spoken by the voice. he had it published in a philadelphia newspaper called the daily american advertiser. they published in other papers after that. it s a great work of american statesmanship. it s beautiful in i