Bill Text: TX HR31 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating Texas Independence Day 2015.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-20 - Reported enrolled [HR31 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR31-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 31 |
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WHEREAS, March 2 marks the anniversary of that historic day | ||
in 1836 when residents of Texas officially declared their | ||
independence from Mexico, thereby giving birth to the independent | ||
republic that would stand on its own for more than nine years before | ||
becoming the 28th state of the Union; and | ||
WHEREAS, The proud Texans who issued the call for | ||
independence were members of the Convention of 1836, which met at | ||
Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 of that fateful year; as they | ||
gathered, the valiant defenders of the Alamo were facing off | ||
against the troops of Mexican ruler Antonio López de Santa Anna, and | ||
the Texas revolutionaries had reached a crucial point in their | ||
campaign for greater political freedom; and | ||
WHEREAS, Stating the views of the delegates in no uncertain | ||
terms, the Texas Declaration of Independence listed their | ||
grievances against the Mexican government and announced their bold | ||
conclusion: "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, Winning that independence on the battlefield would | ||
take another six weeks and the lives of many brave Texans, but with | ||
this remarkable proclamation, the 59 signatories of the Texas | ||
Declaration of Independence had enunciated a vision of liberty, | ||
independence, and just government and charted a dramatic new course | ||
for the land they called home; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate Texas Independence Day 2015 and pay | ||
tribute to the immense contributions of those individuals who | ||
helped to found the Republic of Texas. | ||
Price | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 31 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||