Texas Independence Day

March 2, 1836, Texas declared independance from Mexico.  Written by a committee, while the Alamo was under siege, by Santa Anna and his forces.  Drafted and written by, George C. Childress, Edward Conrad, James Gaines, Bailey Hardeman, and Collin McKinney, it was voted on by the delegates to the general confrence, being held at Washington on the Brazos.  Santa Anna went on to be defeated by the Texas Rebles at San Jacinto, and Texas became a nation.  While not the onky state that was a nation prior to statehood, Texans proclaim this loudly.  

There are fifty states in the union, all with their highlights, colorful history, and pride.  Texas is a land all it's own.  From the Indians and wild buffalo that roamed the panhandle, to the pirate island of Galveston, it's history is rich.  While part of the new fronter when compared to the East Coast and New England, it was explored by Cabeza de Vaca, who was shipwrecked on Galveston Island, 1528; and the big hitters of exploration: Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and Hernando de Soto.  Becoming a state in 1845.