Texas Independence Day

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Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document, settlers in Mexican Texas officially broke from Mexico, creating the Republic of Texas.^[1] Texas Independence Day is an official holiday in the State of Texas.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Republic of Texas
• Timeline of the Texas Revolution
• San Jacinto Day

[edit] References

1. ^ "TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE". Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/mjtce.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
2. ^ "Texas State Holidays". Texas Government Code Title 6, Subtitle B, Chapter 662, Subchapter A, Section 662.003(b)(2). http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. Retrieved on 2009-03-02. 

[edit] External links

• Official Texas State Holidays
• The Myth and Meaning of Texas Independence
• Texas Declaration of Independence
• Handbook of Texas Online