TEXAS INDEPENDENCE, 2: Celebrate Texas Independence 
where it started ... we tell you how on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Help Texas celebrate its birthday February 27 & 28, where 
it all started: Washington-on-the-Brazos SHS. 

:04 -- It's a totally free weekend for visitors that come to the 
park.

Janice Campbell is an interpreter at Independence Hall, 
where the general convention convened March 1 through 
17, 174 years ago, and set the groundwork for the 
Republic of Texas. You can get a sense of what life was 
like then when you visit the site during the anniversary 
celebration.

:12 -- We will have demonstrators demonstrating period crafts 
and skills here in the park; we will have political speeches, 
music ... just a big birthday celebration for Texas.

Texas Independence Day is March, 2 -- but we're 
celebrating early. Campbell says it's worth the drive.

:13 -- You will be driving into and visiting an area where some of 
the fist settlers came into Texas and settled. This event will 
highlight, of course, the formation of a nation.

Washington-on-the-Brazos SHS is located in a beautiful 
part of the state, and easy to find.

:11 -- We are located off highway 105, about eight miles west of 
Navasota, and that would put us about 18 miles east of 
Brenham.

The Washington-on-the-Brazos SHS Texas Independence 
Day Celebration IS February 27 & 28. There's more 
information on the TPW website.

That's our show ... For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm 
Cecilia Nasti. 



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