LAST DAY TO BUY EVE OF TEXAS TICKETS

  

The deadline to make reservations for the Eve of Texas Independence activities is today (Friday).

The Eve of Texas Independence will take place on March 3rd at Alamo Alley in downtown Brenham.

This unique event will emulate the many gatherings across Washington County in the days immediately before the 1836 Constitutional Convention. Festivities begin at 6 p.m.

“Delegates came from across Texas to be part of the Convention at Washington on the Brazos,” said Jennifer Eckermann, manager of Main Street Brenham and organizer of the Eve event. “The Eve of Texas Independence will place visitors in the footsteps of those who attended the get-togethers around Hickory Grove, as the Brenham area was called then,” she continued. “Our guests will experience an authentic evening of early Texas fellowship and the most elegant foods of the era, including honey roasted pork loin with peach pecan sauce, and more. The ‘foods of the 1836 era’ were researched and catered by Connie Wilder.”

Re-enactors will be on hand to portray important ‘Texians’ who met at the 1836 Constitutional Convention, including Sam Houston. Reenactments and period music will be continuously performed throughout the event.

“The evening will end with an 8 p.m. feature movie, Houston: The Legend of Texas, starring Sam Elliott,” said Eckermann. “This is an action-packed portrayal of Sam Houston and the Texas fight for independence. It will be shown on the big screen in The Barnhill Center at Historic Simon Theatre.”

Tickets can be purchased by going to downtownbrenham.com/eveoftexas.

Those who only want to attend the 8 p.m. movie can make reservations on the above website or tickets can also be purchased at the door.