Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, son of John and Rebecca Lamar from Maryland, was born in Louisville, Georgia on August 16, 1798. He grew up in Fairfield, Georgia on his father’s cotton
Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat
Greetings, everyone. As I write this, it is Saturday morning, March 6th, and I am in San Antonio staying at the Hotel Gibbs. I arrived in San Antonio at 1 AM after speaking at a Veterans Memorial event in Murphy, Texas. My room is on the 6th floor, in the corner, overlooking The Alamo battlefield. I was truly tired upon getting into my room, but I opened up the curtains and looked down upon the Alamo in the city lights, and the aforementioned Latin quote came to mind, “Fortune Favors the Bold.”
There have been many different attributions of this quote, including Alexander the Great. However, when one considers those words, and this day, it embodies the defenders of The Alamo, led by a 26-year-old, Lt. Col. William Barret Travis.
Texas history remembering the massacre at Goliad amarillo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from amarillo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
KEN BRIDGES
The month of March 1836 began with high hopes and idealism for Texas forces trying to free themselves from Mexico, but a string of military disasters pushed the Texas army to the edge of collapse. In the midst of these losses, one of the darkest incidents of the war occurred as more than 400 prisoners were executed at Goliad.
The Texas Revolution began in November 1835 after long-simmering disputes with Mexico exploded into open warfare. Events in Texas were part of a series of uprisings and rebellions that spread across Mexico, which had the effect of eroding the forces still loyal to the government. The commander of the Mexican Army, Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, declared in December that any foreign prisoners taken would be immediately executed. Santa Anna was president of Mexico 11 times in its turbulent early history, willing to overthrow elected governments and subvert Mexican law whenever it suited him.