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It’s been eulogized, memorialized, fictionalized and historified (sic) but the Goliad massacre, 174 years ago today, still resonates for those in the know. For those who aren’t, the folks at Presidio La Bahia have done some restoration and gotten a little new publicity in hopes of drawing more visitors. Not that they’re ever likely to match the tourist trade at the Alamo, but it’s worth a try. And worth a visit. It’s quiet out there, the silence broken only by the sounds of birds, fitting for the resting place of 342 Texas patriots massacred by order of a mad Mexican general.