Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document signed by 59 delegates, settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas. It is not, however, an official state holiday whereby offices are closed, but instead a "partial staffing holiday"; state offices are required to be open on that day but with reduced staffing. See also Timeline of the Texas Revolution San Jacinto Day References External links Washington on the Brazos Official Texas State Holidays Texas Declaration of Independence Handbook of Texas Online A True and Unexaggerated Summary of Texas Heroics Texas state holidays Texas Revolution State holidays in the United States March observances