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The
DRT promotes the celebration of Texas Honor Days. Members are
encouraged to fly the Texas flag on each of these Honor Days.
Mirabeau B. Lamar Day [January 26]
Lamar is honored as Texas’
Father of Education. Lamar served as second President of the
Republic of Texas from 1838 to 1841. During his administration
Congress granted each of the existing 23 counties four leagues
of land to be used for education and set aside fifty leagues of
land for the development of a university. Lamar supported
the Homestead Act of 1839 and during his term the Lone Star flag
and State seal were officially adopted.
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