Annexation - Celebrating 150 Years of Texas Statehood

Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas
State Archives Division--Texas State Library

The Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas Signature Page
State Archives Division--Texas State Library

Not until March of 1836 did the representatives of the people of Texas decide that the time had come to separate from Mexico. Delegates meeting at the town of Washington-on-the-Brazos produced this manuscript, signed on March 2, 1836: Texas Independence Day.