Happy Texas Independence Day!

02 March 2010, 22:43

Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document, settlers in Mexican Texas officially broke from Mexico, creating the Republic of Texas. Texas Independence Day is an official holiday in the State of Texas.

God Bless the Republic!
God Bless Sam Houston!
God Bless the fallen Heroes of Texas!

Rusty
We Band of Brothers!
DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member
"I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends."
----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836
"I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841
"for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.”

03 March 2010, 02:19

Big-Ed

And the people said "AMEN!"

03 March 2010, 02:43

Hog Killer

....and April 21. 1836 proved it.

Keith

03 March 2010, 03:14

boom stick

God Bless Texas

03 March 2010, 10:26

Idaho Sharpshooter

We celebrate with y'all!!

Rich

04 March 2010, 00:46

cable68

Crap, I forgot to fly my flag yesterday.

04 March 2010, 04:47

Cazador humilde

quote:
Originally posted by cable68:
Crap, I forgot to fly my flag yesterday.

Don't worry about it. 'Wouldn't want you to get hurt in that forin country you're havin' to live in.

God Bless The Great State of Texas.

04 March 2010, 05:16

tin can

Commandancy of the Alamo
Bexar, Fby. 24th, 1836

To the People of Texas &

all Americans in the world

Fellow Citizens & Compatriots

I am besieged by a thousand

or more of the Mexicans under

Santa Anna. I have sustained a

continual bombardment &

cannonade for 24 hours & have

not lost a man. The enemy

has demanded a surrender at

discretion, otherwise the garrison

are to be put to the sword if

the fort is taken. I have answered

the demand with a cannon

shot, and our flag still waves

proudly from the walls. I

shall never surrender nor retreat.

Then, I call on you in the

name of Liberty, of patriotism, &

of everything dear to the American

character, to come to our aid with all

dispatch. The enemy is receiving

reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase

to three or four thousand in

four or five days.

If this call is neglected, I am deter-

mined to sustain myself as long as

possible & die like a soldier

who never forgets what is due to

his own honor & that of his

country.

Victory or Death

William Barret Travis

Lt. Col. Comdt.

P. S. The Lord is on our side.

When the enemy appeared in sight

we had not three bushels of corn.

We have since found in deserted

houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into

the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.

Travis

09 March 2010, 02:24

cable68

quote:
Originally posted by Cazador humilde:
quote:
Originally posted by cable68:
Crap, I forgot to fly my flag yesterday.

Don't worry about it. 'Wouldn't want you to get hurt in that forin country you're havin' to live in.

God Bless The Great State of Texas.

I do fly it on Red River Rivalry weekend (although I didn't go to UT), and have lived through it. Then again my neighborhood is mainly OSU fans.