which culminated, first, in the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836, followed shortly by the Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio on March 6, 1836. Only a few hundred Texans, or Texicans, as they called themselves, fought gallantly against Santa Anna and thousands of Mexican troops, until they were eventually overwhelmed by numbers.

3) Regardless, Texas *did* win its independence and became it's own country: the Republic of Texas -- ergo, the Lone Star. We had all our own resources: oil, cotton, cattle, shipping ports, etc., and functioned quite well as our own country, completely separate from Mexico AND the U.S., again, ergo, the Lone Star.

4) In 1845, the leaders of Texas voted and decided it would be beneficial for Texas joined the United States.

5) Texasis the ONLY state in the union, which has it in its constitution and the U.S.'s concession to Texas in order for our state to join the Union, was to have the ability to secede, once again, from the United States, should we vote to do so. It's a little known fact, but that concession still stands.

6) The Texas state capitol, in Austin, is approximately 10 feet taller than the United States capitol building.

7) Texas is the ONLY state whose flag is allowed to fly at the same height as the United States flag, but almost everyone who flies both flags, out of respect for the United States, follows the standard of flying the Lone Star flag at a height lower than the U.S. flag.

YES, we are proud