Nine Flags Over Goliad

Presidio La Bahía and Goliad in South Texas passed through the control of several nations, and the changing flags over the site during the 18th and 19th centuries reflected its turbulent past. Spain controlled the region from 1519 to 1685 and again from 1690 to 1821, France from 1685 to 1690, the First Republic of Texas under the Green Flag from 1812 to 1813, Mexico from 1821 to 1836, the James Long flag in 1821, the First Independence Bloody Arm flag in 1835, the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1845, the United States from 1845 to 1861 and from 1865 to the present, and the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.

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