Walking around Goliad, Texas, near the 18th-century Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía, came across a Mexican cemetery, and this Mary shrine, at dusk. Eerie grounds, to be sure. This was formerly Mexican territory (Coahuila y Tejas), site of the Goliad massacre, 1836, and birthplace of General Ignacio Zaragoza -- the guy whose victory at the Battle of Puebla still inspires Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
Another vision of Mary: in Detroit, near a battleground of Pontiac's War against the encroaching British and Americans (1763). As a result of Pontiac's fairly successful "uprising," the British tried to adopt a policy toward the tribes more along the lines of the French who'd been there immediately before them. Here, Mary still abides, more than 300 years after her arrival in Detroit.
Today's Rune: Partnership.
5 comments:
Definitely rather eerie. I bet under the right light it would scare the you know what out of me.
Yeah, with the camera on hand I had to use flash. The whole area seemed haunted, and given its history it's no wonder.
Erik, totally cool. I always love statues of Mary and keep one in my dressing room at home.
Erik -- You may be interested to learn that Sharp Entertainment is doing a program on the Presidio La Bahia National Historic Landmark and Our Lady of Loreto Chapel in Goliad for its series "America's Most Terrifying Places" to air this fall on The Travel Channel. The project is being edited as we speak. Their team visited in May.
A number of ghost-chasers have spent eerie nights at this historic Texas Revolution site. And from the comments of guests who have overnighted in "The Quarters," (former officers and priests' quarters, now available for overnight stays) their stay is either peaceful or unsettling, spooky or chilling or endearing.
Preston F. Kirk, Kirk Public Relations, Austin (Spicewood) TX, 830-693-4447; kirkpf@verizon.net
(I handle media relations for the Presidio.)
明知道他有婚姻，筱蝶還是陷進去了
他告訴筱蝶，不是不願意離婚
只是孩子還小，他不忍心孩子這麼小就面臨父母離婚的難題
他告訴筱蝶，他有多麼愛她
他多想馬上離婚光明正大和她在一起
他告訴筱蝶，她值得更好的人，但是他捨不得放手
只要給他兩年時間，他就會馬上離婚
多麼動聽的話，為了他的承諾，筱蝶甘心傻等
一心等對方離婚、一心想要成為他的太太
然而當兩年的時間過去了
男人還是沒有離婚
他淡淡的對筱蝶說：我配不上妳，所以我要放妳自由！
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