March 2nd is celebrated as Texas Independence Day – the day in 1836 that delegates at the town of Washington (now Washington on the Brazos) declared independence from Mexico.
If it seems I’m a bit late with this post, don’t worry.
The document was read and approved on the 2nd, then several copies were written out by hand, and nobody signed it until the 3rd. The final delegates to sign the declaration didn’t even arrive in Washington until the 4th, 179 years ago today.
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