top left: cousin Daniel, Caleb, bottom left: Josh, nephew Luke, top right, nephew Christian, bottom pictures: nephew Jacob, brother Carl, josh, and Eli, middle: Taylor and Christian waiting for the reenactment to start
These are a few of about 100 pictures we took. Most of the pictures are of the Mexican side. The background picture is of the battle field and the Texican side. In March we met up with my mom and dad, aunt Carol and cousin Daniel, Brother Carl and his family Liz, Jacob, Luke, and Christian to attend the annual Goliad Reenactment. The event takes place over two days. We just witnessed one of the skirmishes. The official Goliad Reenactment website. http://www.presidiolabahia.org/ The following was taken directly from a website. Words in red are things that I added: Goliad Massacre (27 March 1836) As part of the Mexican invasion of Texas in early 1836, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and his main force of at least 5000 men followed an inland route toward San Antonio. At the same time, Mexican General Jose Urrea with some 900 troops, left Matamoros and followed a coastal route into Texas. The first town approached by Urrea was San Patricio, where on February 27 he encountered Frank Johnson and...