College Days Pilgrimage - July 27-28th, 2019

Head toward the Littlefield Fountain and South Mall via University Ave.

Stop for the obligatory Littlefield Fountain photo from 21st Street

Pompeo Coppini's WW1 Memorial before the UT Tower

Completed in 1933 & named after UT Regent & benefactor, George Littlefield

3 hippocamps & 2 mermen pull Columbia w/2 raised torches & her ship

Sailor approves of the two mermen driving the hippocamps forward

View of the Capitol beyond University Ave. from behind the fountain

The empty base where the statue of General Robert E. Lee once stood
Lee was an engineer for the US Army, fought in the US-Mexican War, & served w/2nd US Calvary under Col. Albert Sidney Johnston at Camp Cooper, TX

Lee was not pro-slavery but opposed racial equality & black voting rights

Next, the empty base where General Albert Sydney Johnson stood for 85 years
He fought for Texas Independence, was Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas, a US General in the Mexican War & died in battle at Shiloh as a Confederate General

Johnston is buried at the State Cemetery across I-35 from here.

The empty base for Jefferson Davis, Democrat, plantation owner, US Congressman, US Senator, fought in the US-Mexican War, US Secretary of War & President of the Confederacy

The Davis statue shielded students from sniper fire on August 1st, 1966

Google Streetview retains JD in all his glory

I had the credentials to park here while I was a student

No more toasting Texas on Texas Independence Day in front of the Tower

Ye Shall Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Set You Free

The empty base of Democrat President Woodrow Wilson, covered by UT Seal

Also remember WW via Google Streetview

Everyone's favorite angle of George Washington on the South Mall

Although the Father of our County, he too was a slave owner

He demonstated peaceful rule change by stepping down after 2 terms

His statue will be removed by the party who refuses to step down

To the right is Batts Hall, where I took Psychology in Spring 1986

The 800am-930am class on Tuesday, January 28, 1986 to be exact

Beside Batts is the empty base for Gov. James Hogg, who later became wealthy from oil investments and donated large sums to The University. &nsp; A child in 1861, he was not involved with the Confederacy

Hogg's statue will be placed elsewhere at The University

The empty base of John Reagan, Democrat, District Judge, Postmaster General of the Confederacy, US Senator & 1st Chairman of the TX RR Commission, he founded the TX State Historical Association

The John H. Reagan State Office Bldg is over by the Capitol

Looking back at the grassy South Mall, George Washington & the UT Tower

Behind the Littlefield Fountain is a brass door to the underground pump room

Listing 97 names from The University who lost their lives in WWI

Another view south down University Ave. with the Frost Bank Tower right

Littlefield's Gateway - America's reunification in WWI after the Civil War!

Stop by the Alumni Center on San Jacinto Blvd opposite Memorial Stadium

Look for my brick I purchased when the Alumni Center expanded in 1990

A nosebleed LA Tech 8/31/19 football game ticket will cost way more