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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, March 2 marks the anniversary of that historic day |
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in 1836 when residents of Texas officially declared their |
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independence from Mexico, thereby giving birth to the independent |
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republic that would stand on its own for more than nine years before |
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becoming the 28th state of the United States of America; and |
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WHEREAS, The proud Texans who issued the call for |
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independence were impelled by Mexican dictator Antonio López de |
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Santa Anna's adoption of a new constitution in 1836, which |
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eliminated all vestiges of states' rights for Texas and other |
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Mexican states; members of the Convention of 1836 met at |
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Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 of that fateful year and wrote |
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the Texas Declaration of Independence; as they gathered, the |
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valiant defenders of the Alamo were facing off against the troops of |
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Santa Anna, and the Texas revolutionaries had reached a crucial |
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point in their campaign for greater political freedom; and |
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WHEREAS, A free and independent Republic of Texas was |
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officially declared on March 2, 1836; stating the views of the |
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delegates in no uncertain terms, the Texas Declaration of |
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Independence listed their grievances against the Mexican |
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government and announced their bold conclusion: "that the people of |
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Texas do now constitute a free, Sovereign, and independent |
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republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes |
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which properly belong to independent nations"; and |
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WHEREAS, Winning that independence on the battlefield would |
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take another six weeks and the lives of many brave Texans, but with |
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this remarkable proclamation, the 59 signatories of the Texas |
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Declaration of Independence had enunciated a vision of liberty, |
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independence, and just government and charted a dramatic new course |
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for the land they called home; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate Texas Independence Day 2022 and pay |
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tribute to the immense contributions of those individuals who |
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helped to found the Republic of Texas. |