Star of the Republic Museum

The site of the Star of the Republic Museum was selected at Washington on the Brazos where elected delegates gathered on March 2, 1836, to declare Texas’ independence from Mexico.

[1][2][3] The Star of the Republic Museum was created by the Texas Legislature and is administered by Blinn College as a cultural and educational institution.

The museum strives to inspire interest, understanding and appreciation of Texas heritage for students, teachers, scholars, and the general public through exhibits, tours, programs, web activities, and outreach.

Personal artifacts once belonging to signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence also comprise a significant portion of the first floor exhibits.

This celebration occurs every year on the weekend closest to March 2, the actual anniversary of Texas Independence from Mexico.

On the 19th of June 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and made a declaration of freedom ending the bondage of approximately 250,000 enslaved men, women and children in Texas.

This family friendly event will include artifact exhibits; music; art displays; prominent guest speakers and historians; church choir performances; food.

Activities commence in the early afternoon at Independence Hall and the Star of the Republic Museum and extend into the evening, bringing an 1850s Christmas alive for all.

Beginning in 2010, the Star of the Republic Museum established a registry of documented lineal descendants of the 60 signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.