03-01 Alamo

Today in Texas History TEXAS INDEPENDENCE!! Mar 02, 1836 - Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted and the Republic of Texas is declared. David G. Burnet is elected at interim president by the delegates. Texans with James Grant are defeated at the Battle of Agua Dulce. Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cós arrives at the Alamo, just ahead of the First Brigade. [188 years ago today at Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, 59 delegates to The Consultation, as the interim Texas government was known, declared independence from Mexico by adopting the Texas Declaration of Independence.] Pictures: Texas Declaration of Independence, The Consultation at Washington-on-the-Brazos, the meeting house, interim president David G. Burnet, Aqua Dulce memorial plaque, General Martín Perfecto de Cós, The Alamo