Texas Independence Day is March 2 which marks the day the Republic of Texas was born. While Texas has been part of the United States for over 175 years, Texas Independence Day is still recognized ...

Gov. Greg Abbott praised the Texas 1836 Project’s goal of “patriotic education,” contending “we must never forget why Texas became so exceptional in the first place.” Texas leaders were ...

In the final years of his tenure as land commissioner, which ran from 2003 to 2015, Patterson put the Alamo under the state’s authority while retaining the Daughters of the Texas Republic as the ...

To chair the 1836 Project, Abbott tasked Kevin Roberts, who holds a PhD in history from the University of Texas at Austin. He served on Trump’s 1776 Commission and called its report an ...

Let’s read Texas’ single most foundational document, the 1836 Constitution of the Republic of Texas. We will find several values familiar to present-day Texans: divided government, religious ...

One controversial aspect of the 1836 Project is its name. Some critics have pointed out that Texas’ independence didn’t apply to all of those living in the state at the time, such as slaves ...

Last week, a committee appointed by Texas leaders including Gov. Greg Abbott approved a 15-page draft of a document titled the Texas 1836 Project, which is named for the year that Texas declared ...

Under HB 2497, the 1836 Project is essentially just the name of an advisory committee designed to promote the state’s history to Texas residents, largely through pamphlets given to people ...

Books 1836, the Slaveholder Republic’s Birthday Historian Gerald Horne on the Texas Revolution, its victors, and its victims ...

GOP leaders have created the Texas 1836 Project, which is in direct response to the New York Times' highly controversial "1619 Project." ...

When Mexico's ruler, Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna, sent an army to reestablish his authority in 1835, U.S. settlers revolted and by 1836 had created an independent, slaveholding republic—Texas.

Date 1960 [1960] Republic, 1836-1846 Call number F390.S347X 1960 Type Books Physical description 152 p. illus. 22 cm Place Texas Data Source Smithsonian Libraries Topic Frontier and pioneer life ...