When the tax filing deadline looms, it's time to pull together some paperwork. The Internal Revenue Service will need figures on your wages, deductible expenses, and...
Unlike other countries, Lithuania became independent on two separate occasions. Lithuania first declared itself from Czarist Russia on February 16, 1918. They remained an independent nation till 1940, when the erstwhile Soviet Union annexed it. After remaining under Soviet Union for almost 50 years, the Republic of Lithuania became independent once again in 1990.
For regular readers of this column in the Marshall News Messenger, Texas immediately comes to mind. And Texas was a republic before it was admitted to the Union. The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation that existed from March 2, 1836, to Feb. 19, 1846. On March 2, 1836, the Republic of Texas declared its independence from Mexico. On May 14, Santa Anna signed two treaties with Texas officials.