2013 Texas Independence Day Celebrations - Washington-on-the-Brazos

Texas Independence Day Celebration

Washington-on-the-Brazos

March 2-3, 2013

Schedule of Events

 

Ongoing activities, throughout the weekend, 10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.:

• Craft vendors, demonstrators, and musicians located along the trail between the Visitors Center and Museum, the Star of the Republic Museum and Barrington Farm
• The Social Republic: The Frontier Tavern as a Networking Hub at Washington Inn
• Descendants of Declaration Signers sign-in at the Visitor Center
• New Museum exhibit "The Substance of Life: Texas Through the Eyes of Theodore Gentilz"
• Book signings by Texas authors at the Visitor Center 

 Saturday March 2, 2013

• 10:00 a.m. & 4:00 p.m. - Texas Independence Day Commemorative Program at Independence Hall
• 10:45 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. - William Carroll Crawford: Last Surviving Signer at Independence Hall
• 11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. - Geocaching 101: Introduction to Geocaching at the Education Center
• 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. - Recollections of the Runaway Scrape by Mary Jones at Barrington Farm
• 11:00 a.m. - Texas Heroes Living History: General Sam Houston at the Museum Theater
• 11:00 a.m. - No Foolin' String Band at the Amphitheater
• 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - Firing Demonstrations, small arms and artillery at the Washington Inn
• 12:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. - Dave Parsons, Texas State 2011 Poet Laureate at the Amphitheater
• 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - Independence Hall  Tours at Independence Hall
• 1:00 p.m. & 2:30 p.m. - Craig Toungate presents In the Shadow of Giants at the Amphitheater
• 1:30 p.m. - Texas Heroes Living History: Col. James Bowie at the Museum Theater
• 3:30 p.m. - Texas Heroes Living History: General Sam Houston at the Museum Theater

Saturday March 3, 2013 

• 11:00 a.m. - Texas Heroes Living History: Col. James Bowie at the Museum Theater
• 11:00 a.m. - The Convention Through a Lady's Eyes at Independence Hall
• 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. - Texas 1836:  Virtual Townsite Tour that starts at the Visitor Center
• 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. - Recollections of the Runaway Scrape by Mary Jones at Barrington Farm
• 12:00 p.m. - No Foolin' String Band at the Amphitheater
• 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - Firing Demonstrations, small arms and artillery at the Washington Inn
• 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - Independence Hall Tours at Independence Hall
• 1:00 p.m. - Washington on the Brazos Park Association Commemorative Program on the lawn in front of the Conference Center
• 1:00 p.m. - Craig Toungate presents In the Shadow of Giants at the Amphitheater
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  1:00 p.m. - Geocaching 101: Introduction to Geocaching at the Education Center
• 2:00 p.m. - The War for Texas Independence by Naomi Carrier at the Amphitheater
• 3:00 p.m. - William Carroll Crawford: Last Surviving Signer at Independence Hall
• 3:30 p.m. - Texas Heroes Living History: General Sam Houston at the Museum Theater
• 4:00 p.m. - Texas Independence Day Commeorative Program at Independence Hall