TEXAS INDEPENDENCE & FLAG DAY
On this date, the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos. The 59 signers met in a large frame blacksmith shop with only cotton cloth over the window openings to keep the cold out Sam Houston was there along with 58 other representatives, 52 of which were American-born. Many of the signers wished to be at the battlefields, but Houston convinced the signers that this declaration would give them some basis of legality and would help draw more help from the United States
This day was also Sam Houston's birthday. He was born on this date in 1793 in Virginia. He went on to become Governor of Tennessee, hero of the Texas Revolution, twice President of the Republic of Texas and a U.S. Senator. Source
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March 2, 2015
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On this date, the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos. The 59 signers met in a large frame blacksmith shop with only cotton cloth over the window openings to keep the cold out Sam Houston was there along with 58 other representatives, 52 of which were American-born. Many of the signers wished to be at the battlefields, but Houston convinced the signers that this declaration would give them some basis of legality and would help draw more help from the United States
This day was also Sam Houston's birthday. He was born on this date in 1793 in Virginia. He went on to become Governor of Tennessee, hero of the Texas Revolution, twice President of the Republic of Texas and a U.S. Senator. Source