Remember Goliad!!
Remember Goliad!!
Good Morning Meek!
Could you ping the Texans?
Yall were on the Texas Independance Day Thread.(Don't be too upset about the ping)
Just a Reminder about why we have our Independance.
Remember the Alamo!!
You remembered Goliad.
Thanks for this post to Texas Independence Day! My Lone Star flies high, on this and every other day. I'm proud to be a Texan, born and bred!
Texas ping!
Thank you. I am proud to be a Texan.
and Remember Agua Dulce Creek!
AGUA DULCE CREEK, BATTLE OF. The battle of Agua Dulce Creek, an engagement of the Texas Revolutionqv and an aftermath of the controversial Matamoros expedition of 1835-36,qv occurred twenty-six miles below San Patricio on March 2, 1836. Dr. James Grantqv and his party of twenty-three Americans and three Mexicans were surprised and defeated by a Mexican force under José de Urrea.qv Six of the volunteers escaped, five of whom joined James W. Fannin, Jr.,qv at Goliad and were killed in the Goliad Massacreqv on March 27; six were captured and taken to Matamoros as prisoners; all others were killed in the engagement.
From the Handbook of Texas Online,
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/AA/qfa1.html
I do remember my first visit to the Alamo and the church where the bones of the heros are contained in a sarcophocus {sic}.
The Daughters of the Alamo maintain the site and commemorate the sacrifice that those gallant men.
I also remember, as a young man, the Disney three part special "Davy Crocket". It was 1955 and my brother was young enough to wear his coonskin cap to school while kids my age wanted black leather jackets and Elvis duck tail haircuts! God! Fess Parker was magnificent as he stood his ground at the Alamo?
Lone Star Ping
One thing puzzles me. I once read a list (I don't have it now) of the names of the men who died defending the Alamo (some names are lost). I'm sure that a good many more than three of the names were Hispanic.
Bump to read later. Thanks for the thread!
Mexican general Castrillon was an honorable man. He advised Santa Anna NOT to kill prisoners taken at Goliad and was ignored. He also advised Santa Anna at the Alamo NOT to kill prisoners and was again ignored. At the battle of San Jacinto, he tried to rally his contingent and did NOT turn and run. He stood his ground facing the charging Texans with his arms crossed. Just before he died, he said, "I've been in more than 40 (?) battles and I've never turned my back. I'm too old to do it now." Then he was killed.
"Yee-Haw!!!"
Flag's battle never ends (Alamo flag)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1357420/posts?page=1
Remember the infamy at Goliad and the harsh lesson: Never, never, never surrender!
