180th anniversary of Texas’s Declaration of Independence
Near the banks of the Brazos River sits Independence Hall, where Texas rebels drafted and signed their Declaration of Independence from Mexico. (Jay Jones / Handout)
The 570-foot tall San Jacinto Monument is topped by a 220-ton star. (San Jacinto Museum of History / Handout)
The 570-foot tall San Jacinto Monument marks the spot of the decisive battle that won Texas its freedom from Mexico. (Jay Jones / Handout)
Texas rebels working on the drafting of their Declaration of Independence in a mural at the Star of the Republic Museum. (Jay Jones / Handout)
Bruce Wardlow of the Barrington Living History Farm guides oxen Slim (left) and Shorty through a field outside the home of Anson Jones, the fourth president of the Republic of Texas. (Jay Jones / Handout)
A large mural depicting the Battle of San Jacinto is seen at a tank farm along Independence Parkway, not far from where the historic battle took place 180 years ago. (Jay Jones / Handout)
Ragtag Texas troops charge Mexican soldiers in a re-enactment of the historic Battle of San Jacinto on the land where the 1836 battle to secure Texas’s independence was fought. (San Jacinto Museum of History / Handout)
The land (foreground) on which the decisive Battle of San Jacinto was fought is seen from the observation deck of the monument from a window looking east toward the Gulf of Mexico. (Jay Jones / Handout)
