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Week in Review

Mar 3

posted by TexasLRL in Week in review

  • Read about the success of ignition interlock devices. (The Community Guide, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 17, 2011)
  • Find facts about and ways to prevent alcohol-impaired driving. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 16, 2011)
  • Note the Utah House has passed an Arizona-style immigration bill. (Jurist, February 20, 2011)
  • Check out five things to know about Medicaid, illustrated by charts and graphs. (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, February 2011)
  • Review state by state developments in criminal justice and sentencing policy. (Sentencing Project, February 2011)
  • Consider the effects of natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing on community drinking water supplies. (The New York Times, February 26, 2011)

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175th Anniversary of Texas Independence

Mar 1

posted by TexasLRL in Texas history

Wednesday, March 2, is not only Texas Independence Day, but it is the 175th anniversary of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
 
As part of the 175th anniversary celebration, you can view the Texas Declaration of Independence and the William B. Travis letter from the Alamo, on public display now through April 21 from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, as well as the online exhibit Texas 175: A Dozen Documents that Made a Difference; and check out Texas Monthly's Great Terquasquicentennial Road Trip through 175 stops that tell the story of Texas.


Did you know…
  •  March 2 is also Sam Houston's 218th birthday (born March 2, 1793).
  • The 14th Texas Legislature declared March 2 as Texas Independence Day in 1874 in Joint Resolution 7; this year will mark the 137th celebration of Texas Independence Day.
  • The week that includes March 2 is also Texas Week (Vernon's Ann. Civ. Stat. 6144a).
  • In anticipation of the Sesquiscentennial, the 150th anniversary in 1986, the Texas Observer reported that Prince Charles of Wales visited Austin February 20, 1986, to cut the world's largest birthday cake. The cake weighed 45 tons, 30,000 pounds just from icing, and took 93,108 eggs to make.

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