the most revered battle site in Texas history
No offense, but for me, personally, I remember both Goliad and the Alamo the same.
Again, for me, San Jacinto is the most revered site. Why? The Texan Army was vastly outnumbered, and won decisively in less than 20 minutes.
And, not just as a native Texan, but a native Pasadenaian who literally grew up 15 minutes from the battlegrounds. Hell, my uncle literally hung off the star at the top of the monument to clean it. We used to have family picnic’s out there through the 70’s and early 80’s. I’ve got pics and memories of that, and, as a kid, I used to picture the armies just relaxing across from each other - and then, BLAM! The Texans attacked. Just amazing.
Gonzales is a great place to visit! The museum is small but you can see a replica of the cannon. There’s a walking trail along the River where the skirmish between the Mexican army and the citizen soldiers of Gonzales took place. Gonzales was the home of Captain Dickenson and at least a dozen others who perished at the Alamo.
“the most revered battle site in Texas history”
Yes, and it was the battle in 1836 that made it so, and not some wandering tribe of Indians who also moved all over that part of Texas.
Arlington Cemetery is on land once owned by Robert E Lee. Now should that hallowed ground be turned into a land fill because of it?