Replica of
Texas Independence Flagpole

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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. (1968) 

Marker No: 4247

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 28.647984,-97.382683

Location: From Goliad, take US 183/77A south about 1 mile to Presidio Chapel entrance on Spur 71