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The Angel of Goliad

Remembered by the Texans as a ’High bred beauty’

  • The statue of the Angel of Goliad seems to be watching over Presido la Bahia. This is where Texas soldiers were held before Gen. Santa Anna ordered them to be massacred on Palm Sunday, 1836. – Photo by Murray Montgomery
    The statue of the Angel of Goliad seems to be watching over Presido la Bahia. This is where Texas soldiers were held before Gen. Santa Anna ordered them to be massacred on Palm Sunday, 1836. – Photo by Murray Montgomery
By Murray Montgomery
 - Staff WriterShe was known, by the Texans, as a "high-bred beauty" and the "Angel of Goliad." A tenderhearted Mexican lady who will forever be remembered for her many acts of kindness during those dismal days of the Texas Revolution.Although there is some doubt as to her real name, she is commonly identified as Francita Alavez, and history records show that she was a…

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