Independence Hall - Moody Family Archive Films

Duration: 1:23

Year Published: 1960s

Sound: silent

Description: In this 1960s news segment for Houston’s KPRC, Mary Moody Northen tours Independence Hall at Washington-on-the-Brazos in Washington County. Independence Hall is a replica of the home where the Texas Declaration of Independence was accepted by the Convention of 1836 on March 2, 1836. Mary Moody Northen, daughter of William Lewis Moody Jr., ran the Moody Foundation after her father’s passing and established her own Mary Moody Northen Endowment in 1964.