“Remember the Alamo” was a well-known phrase for the War for Texas
Independence, but a lesser-known was “Remember Goliad.” That was due to the battle, and subsequent massacre of the Texan forces by the Mexican army. The actual town of Goliad contains the
mission where the Texan prisoners were held, until they were marched a few
miles east (to present day Fannin) where the massacre took place. My Mum had being doing all the major stops
along the Texas Independence Trail, and this was one she hadn’t gotten too
yet. I had some time to burn, and took a
day trip down there.
I’ll say this, it was a long drive to see very little. I couldn’t get into the mission in Goliad
proper as there was some school trip there which filled it with screaming
kids. I drove over to Fannin for the
battleground, and found the site (hidden behind some railroads tracks and a
trailer park). There was a huge open
area with a monument, and a small building which provided the historical
information. I’d taken along Mum’s
picture so I could place it at some of those locations so I could say she was
there by proxy.
The last picture here was of the Goliad courthouse, which Mum
liked seeing the various town squares of these small areas. I had lunch at a place off the square, which
was like the drive down, a long time for a little.
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