Forum: Should we continue to celebrate Texas Independence Day? Jerry Patterson By joint resolution, in 1871 the 14th Texas Legislature established March 2 as an official Texas holiday to commemorate the adoption at Washington-on-the-Brazos of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Since then, many millions of Texas schoolchildren have been taught that March 2, 1836 is no less significant than July 4, 1776. The day is often celebrated with parades, ceremonies, and children’s choirs singing “Texas, Our Texas, All Hail the Mighty State”. Remembering the words of Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan’s western swing classic song, “Time Changes Everything,” it now appears there’s an ever-growing list of “woke” Texans who claim it is time to change how Texans view the events of 1836. In their mind, it was all about slavery and oppression.