Proclamation for Texas Independence Day

(PHOTO BY MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN)
(PHOTO BY MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN)

Saturday, March 2, is Texas Independence Day. The day Texans celebrate the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas fromMexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836.

Henderson County Commissioners’ Court passed a resolution Tuesday, Feb. 26, brought by the Sons of the Republic of Texas (SRT) in honor of the day. Pictured are, from left, Commissioner Scotty Thomas, Commissioner Wade McKinney, SRT member Gene Pilgrim Jr., SRT member Gene Pilgrim Sr., County Judge Richard Sanders, SRT member Clayton Starr, SRT member Jimmy Steele, Commissioner Ronny Lawrence, Commissioner Ken Geeslin.

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