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Our Town: Open house set at TDFPS
PALESTINE — The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is inviting the public to an open house of its new office in Palestine.
The new office at 330 E. Spring St. (Suite B) will house CPS Investigative Division, Conservatorship, Family-Based Safety Services and Adult Protective Services.
A reception and tour are planned from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday.
Angel of Goliad
Rudy A. Ramirez of Palestine was one of many of the Angel of Goliad descendants who gathered March 29 at the Angel of Goliad Plaza in Goliad for the annual laying of a wreath ceremony to honor Dona Francisca Alvarez (The Angel of Goliad), Texians and Mexican soldiers who were killed during that conflict and the civilians who lost their lives.
Ramirez is vice president of the Angel of Goliad Descendants Historical Preservation.
“We will continue to research and preserve the memory of this incredible lady who intervened to save the lives of many Texan prisoners of war during the Texas Revolution and helped so many to escape and gave assistance to numerous others,” Ramirez said.
This was also their sixth year to participate in the annual laying of the wreath for Col. James W. Fannin Jr. and several hundred of his men who were executed on Palm Sunday March 27, 1836.
In attendance were 60 descendants of the Angel, guests and friends. Direct descendant of the Angel, Jason Garza of Houston laid a wreath on behalf of all the descendants of the Angel at Fannin’s Monument. Direct descendants of the Angel Cynthia Quintanilla and David Flores of Kingsville laid a wreath at the statue of the Angel.
Ramirez introduced special and honored guests at the ceremony including Dr. Lauro F. Cavazos, Goliad County Judge Harold F. Gleinser, Goliad Mayor J. Harvey and Linda Austin of Goliad, president of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Inducted into the Angel of Goliad Honorary Members were Fannin Shaw and wife of Goliad; Patsy Pittman Light of San Antonio; and Gilbert, Albert and David Trevino, all of Kingsville.
Dr. Joseph Henry Barnard, a survivor at Goliad 1836 said ... “I must not here omit to mention the Senora Alvarez whose name ought to be perpetuated to the latest times for her virtues, and those of her countrymen, deserve to be recorded in the annals of this country and treasured in the heart of every Texan ...”
For more information on the Angel of Goliad, visit www.angelofgoliaddhp.com and www.presidiolabahia.org
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