1.   Although it is legal in Texas to carry a loaded weapon in public, police did not allow any guns on courthouse grounds.

2.   At the inauguration, he said, he will plant a tree on the courthouse grounds.

3.   A statue of Bonham decorates the courthouse grounds, which have been nearly completely paved for parking.

4.   Bush has left that issue to the Texas Historical Commission, but says he does not believe the monument should be constructed on courthouse grounds.

5.   But Dreher said it would force him to return money he has gathered on the promise the monument would be placed on the courthouse grounds.

6.   The statue, supported by a majority of the county Commissioners Court, would be placed facing south on the west side of the tiny courthouse grounds in Anderson.

7.   During the trial, heavily armed military and riot police patrolled the courthouse grounds, shuffling past reporters who were not allowed inside.

8.   The courthouse grounds, where a giant tent was already erected for the planned presidential inauguration on Wednesday, was blanketed in teargas for almost one hour.