GOLIAD – Goliad is the official place to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, according to a declaration by the Texas Senate in 1999. The holiday, which commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely defeat of French ...

Mexican artillery units open up a barrage with their cannons aimed at James Fannin's forces during the re-enactment. More than 3,000 spectators sat along the lawn of the fort watching the re-enactment ...

A version of this story ran in the May 2013 issue. For 28 years, Texans have been coming to Goliad, in March, to die. Dressed in authentic period uniforms, historical reenactors do battle outside the ...

The Goliad massacre occurred on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, three weeks to the day after the fall of the Alamo. About three weeks later Sam Houston led Texian forces to a surprise victory at the ...

Amid debate about Confederate flags, statues and like symbols, artist Christine Gilbert of Austin drew our attention by spreading the word about a claim on a state web page that the Texas Capitol ...

Letters written by a volunteer from Louisville, Kentucky, who came to fight with the San Antonio Greys and died in the massacre at Goliad, shed some light on the hard conditions that some soldiers ...

Editor's note: Take a look back into The Dallas Morning News archives. On the fateful day of March 2, 1836, Texas declared independence from Mexico. Though we all tend to remember the Alamo because is ...

If you're looking for a day-trip or weekend destination, remember Goliad. If you care at all about Texas history, you'll never forget it. What's there: Goliad is small-town Texas at its best. It ...