Texas Independence Flagpole, Replica of

Goliad

Year Marker Erected: 1968
Marker Number: 4247
Marker Size: 18" x 28" Subject
Repairs: Faded; refinish recommended
Location: From Goliad, take US Highway 183/77A about 1 mile south to presidio chapel entrance, Spur 71 - inside compound.

Marker Text:
Displays a replica of banner unfurled Dec. 20, 1835, at signing of Declaration of Independence of Texas from tyranny of Santa Anna's regime in Mexico. That declaration, drafted by staunch early patriots Philip Dimitt and Ira Ingram, and signed by 92 citizens and soldiers, was later suppressed as premature, but it forecast coming events. A battle flag used 11 weeks earlier (and sometimes called "First Flag of Texas") lacked the support of a formal declaration of independence. The Goliad flag also waved over an army--one in possession of fort at La Bahia. Incise in base: Sponsored by W. M.Neyland, citizen of Goliad, 1968