While newcomers to these parts may not know Texas history, anyone who made it through the state’s grade and/or junior-high schools can tell why Texas is called the Lone Star State. And besides their own birthday, the next most important date to a diehard Texas is March 2 (aka Texas Independence Day), when the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed creating the Republic of … [Read more...] about Texas Independence Day Celebrations Have North Texans Fundraising “With Valor And Swagger”