[Rightly Biased]

 

 

Remember Goliad!!

 

 

Several historians have given similar reports on the "Bloody arm flag of Goliad" said to have been made by Captain Phillip Dimmitt. On December 20 1835 the first declaration of Texas independence was signed at Goliad in the chapel of the Presidio by members of Dimmitt's command then stationed at La Bahia. After signing, the group went into the quadrangle and "amidst rapturous hurrahs, the flag of Texas Independence was hoisted and unfurled to the wintry wind".

The flag was described as being made of white domestic, two yards long and one yard wide. "In the center was a sinewy arm and hand, painted red, grasping a drawn sword of crimson." The flag pole was made from a tall sycamore tree found on the banks of the San Antonio River.

[Rightly Biased]

Today is Easter! but Remember Goliad!! as well

[Rightly Biased]

 

 

Remember Goliad!!

[buffyt]

My cousin Isaac Ryan was killed in the battle at the Alamo. I have a copy of his Baptism certif. and his parents wedding license. I keep meaning to send copies to the Alamo. They have his name on a plaque in there. Our heroes, thank you to all of them~ God bless their memory.

[FreedomPoster]

Let's also all remember the correct response when autocrats come to take your arms, also learned from the Texans of the era:

Old Come and Take It

[Restorer]

There were 342 men who died in the Goliad Massacre, which is almost twice the number of men who died at the Alamo and San Jacinto combined.

He means the number of Texans, not the number of men. A whole lot of Mexicans died at San Jacinto, many of them killed while trying to surrender.

[MEG33]

Thank you, Rightly Biased..5th generation Texan here and Texas Proud.

[Ditter]

God Bless Texas!

[Grut]

No, forget Goliad. The smartest thing Americans do is to "let the dead bury the dead." If you don't believe it, consider places where they never forget, like Northern Ireland or the Middle East.

[msmagoo54]

Two of my kinfoks died at Goliad. Have sent this link to other interested relatives.

Thanks for posting it.