Texas Independence Day

Texas Independence Day

The Texas Declaration of Independence
Observed by Texas
Begins 12:00 A.M.
Ends 11:59 P.M.
Date March 2
Next time March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02)
Frequency annual

Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document signed by 59 people, settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas.

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