March 6, 2018 - March is officially Texas History Month. On Friday, March 2, Texas Independence Day, members of the William Carroll Crawford Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) gathered on the historic courthouse square in Center to read the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Chapter President Judy Lee welcomed those attending, Chaplain Fay Eddins gave the invocation and Sandy Risinger led the pledges to the United States flag and to the Texas flag. Gail Sholar, Sue Gardner, Vickie Martin and Barbara McClellan read the document that on March 2, 1836 fifty nine delegates of the land to become the Republic of Texas approved and signed at Washington-on-the Brazos.
Members of the public joined members of the DRT Chapter, the Gateway to Texas Sons of the Republic of Texas Chapter, the JJE Gibson Children of the Republic of Texas Chapter and members of other DRT chapters as we honored our Texas history.
Merle Howard introduced a special guest, Brian Smale of Mineola, who is a direct descendant of William Carroll Crawford, our chapter namesake. At his death in 1895 Crawford was the last surviving signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Fly your Texas flag proudly and celebrate Texas.
Article submitted by Maggie Casto
