One of the most notorious incidents of the Texas Revolution was the Goliad “Massacre,” the Santa Anna-ordered execution of the Texian prisoners captured after the Battle of Coleto Creek. While ...

March 1836 began with high hopes and idealism for Texas forces trying to free themselves from Mexico, but a string of military disasters pushed the Texas army to the edge of collapse. In the midst of ...

Texas history is coming to life this weekend at the 27th Annual Goliad Massacre-Fort Defiance at the Presidio La Bahia in Goliad. The director of the museum, Newton Warzecha, met with John Thomas on ...

GOLIAD, Texas (KWTX) - On March 27, 1836, 417 Texans were executed by firing squad in Goliad. Mexican dictator General Santa Anna had ordered that Texans fighting Mexico be treated as traitors, not ...