March 2nd, Texas Independence Day

[Hellraiser97]

This Sunday will be Texas Independence Day. Whether you celebrate in grand fashion or simply take a moment to reflect, remember these men:

Richard Ellis, President
of the Convention and Delegate
from Red River.

Charles B. Stewart
Tho. Barnett

John S. D. Byrom
Francis Ruis
J. Antonio Navarro
Jesse B. Badgett
Wm D. Lacy
William Menifee
Jn. Fisher
Matthew Caldwell
William Motley
Lorenzo de Zavala
Stephen H. Everett
George W. Smyth
Elijah Stapp
Claiborne West
Wm. B. Scates
M. B. Menard
A. B. Hardin
J. W. Burton
Thos. J. Gazley
R. M. Coleman
Sterling C. Robertson

James Collinsworth
Edwin Waller
Asa Brigham

Geo. C. Childress
Bailey Hardeman
Rob. Potter
Thomas Jefferson Rusk
Chas. S. Taylor
John S. Roberts
Robert Hamilton
Collin McKinney
Albert H. Latimer
James Power
Sam Houston
David Thomas
Edwd. Conrad
Martin Palmer
Edwin O. Legrand
Stephen W. Blount
Jms. Gaines
Wm. Clark, Jr.
Sydney O. Pennington
Wm. Carrol Crawford
Jno. Turner

Much like the men that signed the American Declaration of Independence, these men signed their names to a document stating that Texas was now an independent nation. They did so knowing that if they failed, their property, their lives and the lives of their family would most likely be forfeit by the Mexican Army.

The Declaration of Independence

 

[MustangKurt20]

A great day for our beloved state.

Kurt

 

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I wish the State of Texas and the people would recognize/do a little more for this day. It just seems like it gets brushed under the rug and "hidden."

I'm proud to be a Texan and Texas Independence Day is going to become a something greater in my lifetime...

now I just have to figure out how...: