Texas Independence Day, celebrated annually on March 2, commemorates the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836. This pivotal event marked the formal separation of Texas from Mexico and the birth of the Republic of Texas, an independent nation that existed for nearly a decade before joining the United States.

Before this day, settlers were primarily fighting to restore the Mexican Constitution of 1824. The declaration shifted the war's objective toward total independence. On March 2, 1836, 59 delegates gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos to unanimously sign the declaration, officially ending political ties with Mexico.

On this day in 1853, the first state Sängerfest, or singers' festival, began in New Braunfels.

Before the horrific attack in 2001, September 11 was known to historians as the day the Mexican Army succeeded is surprising the city of San Antonio and forcing a surrender.

The Gonzales cannon was a small bronze gun made in Spain. It could shoot a ball that weighed six pounds.