Bill Text: TX HR697 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating Texas Independence Day on March 2, 2017.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-20 - Reported enrolled [HR697 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR697-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating Texas Independence Day on March 2, 2017.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-20 - Reported enrolled [HR697 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR697-Introduced.html
85R4752 JGH-D | ||
By: Price | H.R. No. 697 |
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WHEREAS, March 2, 2017, marks the 181st anniversary of the | ||
adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the moment in | ||
1836 when proud Texans proclaimed an independent republic and took | ||
the first steps down a road that would lead, nine years later, to | ||
Texas' joining the Union as the 28th state; and | ||
WHEREAS, The delegates to the Convention of 1836 assembled on | ||
March 1 at Washington-on-the-Brazos, meeting in an unfinished | ||
building in bitterly cold weather; even as they set about forging a | ||
new nation, the defenders of the Alamo were preparing to face the | ||
final assault by the troops of General Antonio López de Santa Anna; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Adopted on March 2, the Declaration of Independence | ||
listed many grievances against the government of Mexico, citing, | ||
among other things, its despotism, violence, and abridgement of | ||
civil liberties; the document concluded by boldly declaring "that | ||
the people of Texas do now constitute a free, Sovereign, and | ||
independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights | ||
and attributes which properly belong to independent nations"; and | ||
WHEREAS, Five copies of the declaration were immediately | ||
dispatched to Béxar, Goliad, Nacogdoches, Brazoria, and San Felipe, | ||
and another 1,000 copies were distributed as printed handbills; on | ||
March 6, the men of the Alamo made their heroic last stand, and | ||
nearly seven weeks after that, General Sam Houston and his 900 | ||
troops, with the cry of "Remember the Alamo!" on their lips, | ||
defeated Santa Anna's army at San Jacinto, bringing an end to | ||
Mexican rule in Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, One of the pivotal dates in Texas history, March 2 | ||
continues to be celebrated annually by Texans across the length and | ||
breadth of the state; on this occasion, Texas Independence Day, | ||
they reflect upon the freedoms they enjoy and honor the courage and | ||
sacrifice of the men and women who, against the odds, brought these | ||
blessings to pass; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate Texas Independence Day 2017 and pay | ||
tribute to the memory of those individuals who founded the Republic | ||
of Texas. |