Today is the 174 anniversary of Texas’ Independence from Mexico. In schools today, projects are planned at the fourth and seventh grade levels — the grades in which Texas History is taught. “Texas Independence Day is a critical part of the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) for fourth and seventh grade Texas History,” said Stephen Foster, instructional specialist in social studies for the Comal Independent School District. “At the fourth grade level, you’ll have teachers doing more of the crafts-oriented projects.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Voters headed to the polls in Texas on Tuesday, finally getting their chance to weigh in on the state's long, rough gubernatorial primary. Both Republican Gov. Rick Perry and rival U.S. Sen.. Kay Bailey Hutchison planned a last round of public appearances in Dallas, with Hutchison stopping at a polling place and Perry, in his official role as governor, participating in a military-related Texas Independence Day celebration.
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If you didn't study history in the state of Texas (neither did Miss Ginger!) you may not realize that Texas has it's very own Independence Day, and it's very own Declaration of Independence! On March 2nd, 1836, Texas declared it's independence from Mexico and became The Republic of Texas. It was a very short lived republic, however, as Texas became the 28th state in 1845. During the American Civil War, Texas left the union again to become part of the Confederate States of America, and was restored with the rest of the South at war's end.
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