AUSTIN, Texas -- A handwritten document proclaiming Texas was freeing itself from rule by Mexico is 175 years old. Wednesday is Texas Independence Day. It was March 2, 1836, when historians believe ...

Texas Independence Day is on Saturday, March 2. Did you know Texas was its own country at one time? Yep, from 1836 until statehood was granted in 1845, Texas was known as the Republic of Texas. Do you ...

On March 2nd, 1836, settlers in Mexican Texas adopted the Texas Declaration of Independence, creating the Republic of Texas. They just had to win the war they had been fighting to make the declaration ...

If you’re planning a trip to Texas, you won’t want to miss the state’s many historic landmarks. From the Alamo, the site of a ...

Texas Independence Day is March 2 which marks the day the Republic of Texas was born. While Texas has been part of the United States for over 175 years, Texas Independence Day is still recognized in ...

In the Texan War for Independence, Texas militia, led by General Sam Houston, launched a surprise attack on this day in history, 1836, against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna on the banks of ...

The Texas Tribune reviewed the 15-page document, which will be handed out to new drivers, and asked historians to comment on how accurately and thoroughly it chronicles the state’s history. A ...

The local chapter of Daughters of the Republic of Texas will hold its annual bell-ringing and the city’s Historic Sites department will hold “Dance Like It’s 1836” to celebrate Texas Independence Day ...

A popular joke in the Soviet Union went like this: “The future is certain. Only the past is unpredictable.” The quip poked fun at both the Communist party’s confidence that socialism would soon rule ...