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PTGAH Day Trip / Saturday, March 25, 2023 - 8:30 am to 6:00 pm
​Meeting place: Sugarland Marriott, 16090 City Walk, Sugarland, TX 77479

Included: motor coach transportation, entrance fees, and expert tour guide

Points of interest include touring Coleto Creek Battlefield in Fannin, Texas, Mission Espiritu Santo (Goliad State Park), Presidio La Bahia (Fort Defiance), and the Goliad Cenotaph.

Not included: cost of lunch at Jalisco's Mexican Cafe

Please RSVP to Esther Porter at esther@tour-serve.com or text 713-562-3892

Reservations for members and non-members must be made by March 15, 2023

Cost free for members of the PTGAH
Cost $30.00 for non-members $30.00
Payment for non-members must be received by March 15, 2023
Tour Summary
Tour led by our own Professional Tour Guide Association Texas History
experts and professional tour guides.

Goliad State Park
Mission Espíritu Santo
Step back in time through the whitewashed
walls of Mission Espiritu Santo that tower over
the park. Workers with the Civilian
Conservation Corps restored this Spanish
colonial-era mission in the 1930’s. We will tour
the colorful chapel and exhibits and learn
about the mission’s ranching heritage.

Presidio La Bahia
Fannin’s Last Command
The Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía is
a National Historic Landmark located one mile south of
Goliad State Historical Park. The fort and mission are
operated by the Catholic Diocese of Victoria. It is a
beautiful restored active church and grounds.

Goliad Cenotaph
Visit the final resting place of Colonel Fannin and
his men. This Cenotaph (a monument to fallen
soldiers buried in a mass grave) is one of three in
Texas. Learn about the Goliad Massacre
when, on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, after
being held captive for one week, Colonel Fannin’s
men were told to gather their things. They
thought that they were going to the Port of Copano
and then to New Orleans. They were happy and
singing. They knew that Colonel Fannin had
returned from the Port of Copano the previous day.
What they didn’t know was that at 7:00 p.m. the
previous evening, Colonel Portilla had received
word directly from General Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna to execute the men. Hear the rest of the
story on-site.

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