{"id":534,"date":"2021-02-13T20:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T20:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/franciscaalvarez.045fd67.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=534"},"modified":"2021-02-28T03:32:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T03:32:17","slug":"goliad-massacre-deeds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/angelofgoliad.org\/?page_id=534","title":{"rendered":"Heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Excerpts of Elizabeth McAnulty Owens Story, Daughter of Margaret Quinn, while living in Victoria in 1836 as Told to her Daughters in 1900<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young Elizabeth and her mother were there as the invading Mexican Army reached Victoria in great glory, blowing their bugles, sounding their drums and parading the streets. One of the Mexican officers came to Mrs. Quinn\u2019s door, walked in and took possession of one of her front rooms. The house consisting of three rooms, was adobe with dirt floor and very comfortable for those days. The presence of the officer furnished the Quinn family with great protection. The wife of the officer was a niece of the padre at Goliad who had baptized little John, son of the Quinn\u2019s born at the Mission Refugio in 1831. The officer\u2019s wife, and Mrs. Quinn became great friends.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this interval a squad of Mexican soldiers came to the door of the Quinn\u2019s home, banging it hard with their muskets. When the Mexican officer\u2019s wife appeared, they immediately scattered. The Colonel of the Mexican Army and his wife were instrumental in saving many lives. The day after Ward\u2019s men were brought in as prisoners they were taken out on Market Square to be executed, but the officer\u2019s wife Se\u00f1ora Alvarez rushed out and threw herself before the captives spreading wide her voluminous skirts to protect them from the guard and announced that she too would be shot if they were. The firing squad promptly lowered their weapons and walked away.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Excerpts of Elizabeth McAnulty Owens Story, Daughter of Margaret Quinn, while living in Victoria in 1836 as Told to her Daughters in 1900 Young Elizabeth and her mother were there as the invading Mexican Army reached Victoria in great glory, blowing their bugles, sounding their drums and parading the streets. One of the Mexican officers … <\/p>\n

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