MARCH 2ND IS JUST ANOTHER DAY?

There’s not much hoopla, no organized statewide celebration but March 2nd 1836 is an important day in the history of Texas. That’s the day Texas became a republic and declared its independence from Mexico. It was a long time coming. In 1820 Moses Austin asked the Spanish government in Mexico for permission to settle in Texas. He was granted land, but Austin died soon thereafter an...

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