and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations ...

On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico, marking the birth of the Republic of Texas. Frustrated by living under the rule of President Santa Anna, Texians and Tejanos sought ...

On this day, delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially breaking away from Mexican rule and establishing the Republic of Texas. The republic ...

To celebrate Texas Independence Day on March 2 ... In 1908, a group of women in the newly formed Daughters of the Republic of Texas worked to buy the structure to preserve it.

On March 2, 1836, the first Texans declared independence from Mexico, and the Republic of Texas formed. Now, 189 years later, Dairy Queen is helping celebrate Texas Independence Day with a Texas ...

Washington-on-the Brazos had the opportunity to showcase its Barrington Plantation on Saturday as the state of Texas celebrated its 189th anniversary of gaining independence from Mexico.