Exhibitions

Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence
 

Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence by Donald Yena. Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

On the frozen morning of March 1, 1836, forty-four men shivered in an unfinished house in the tiny hamlet of Washington, Texas. They and fifteen other men who later joined them, representing all the municipalities in the Mexican province of Texas, declared the province to be a free and independent republic.

Exhibition

Through twenty panels of photographic images and captions, Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence presents an expanded look at these fifty-nine extraordinary men who brought modern Texas into being. Panel topics include:

• Anglo Texas
• War: ready or not
• Washington, Texas
• Delegates to the convention
• The Declaration committee
• The unanimous declaration
• Deconstructing the Declaration
• Politics under pressure
• Constitution and adjournment
• What became of the delegates

Signers is an exhibition by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Exhibition Format

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Print Materials

A specified number of print materials are provided for this exhibition at no additional cost. Additional copies of these materials may be obtained for a nominal fee:

• 10 full-color posters

Publicity Materials

Press release

Signers press release

Publicity image

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Humanities Texas logos

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