County Flags of Texas, Goliad County
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The County Flags of Texas
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GOLIAD COUNTY
Named for "anagram" of Hidalgo
County Seat: Goliad Area: 859 square miles Pop. (2000): 6,928
While Goliad County does not have an official flag, both the City and the County of Goliad have traditionally flown the "Bloody Arm" flag of the Texas Revolution. This flag is white and bears as its charge a human arm severed at the shoulder, with a long sword clenched in its hand, all in red. The flag signifies that Texans would sooner lose an arm than live under tyranny and was initially hoisted in Goliad following the first Texas Declaration of Independence on 20 December 1835.
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Another flag present at the Battle of Goliad was that designed by Joanna Troutman, carried by Georgia volunteers. The reverse of the flag bore the inscription, in Latin, Where Liberty Dwells, There is Our Home.
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Locator Map
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GOLIAD COUNTY LINKS
County Of Goliad Official Site
Goliad County Historical Commission
Goliad County TXGenWeb
Goliad County Chamber of Commerce
Goliad State Historical Park
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If your Texas County has a flag and is not included here,
or if you discover a factual error, please let me know.
Background, text, and original flag images copyright ©2001 David Pawson, all rights reserved.
Images may be copied for personal use, but may not be copied for commercial purposes.
Newspaper photos and captions remain copyright of their respective owners.
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