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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.
Texas
Statehood Day [February 19, 1846]
The legal entry of Texas into
the Union was 29 December 1845, but the decade-old Republic of
Texas did not formally transfer the authority to the new State
of Texas until 19 February 1846.
The Texans had until the end
of the year in 1845 to accept the annexation as one of the
states of the United States of America. They waited until
29 December 1845 to accept the terms, independent to the end.
The formal transfer of authority from the Republic of Texas took
place 19 February 1846 at the log capitol in Austin with
President Anson Jones presiding. On this day we celebrate
the end of the Republic of Texas. |
