Commemorating the 266th anniversary of the destruction of the San Saba Mission

  • IT'S LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR kind of. Spanish Colonial Living Historians Gus Martinez, left as Soldado Josefo Vasquez, and Joe Gonzalez as fray Miguel de Molina (the only surviving Mission priest), right. These reenactors stand in front of their depictions in the Bud Menchaca mural that encompasses the south wall of The Menard Station on Frisco St. Courtesy photo. Contributed by Col. Terry Kelley, President, Presidio Restoration Corp.
    IT'S LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR kind of. Spanish Colonial Living Historians Gus Martinez, left as Soldado Josefo Vasquez, and Joe Gonzalez as fray Miguel de Molina (the only surviving Mission priest), right. These reenactors stand in front of their depictions in the Bud Menchaca mural that encompasses the south wall of The Menard Station on Frisco St. Courtesy photo. Contributed by Col. Terry Kelley, President, Presidio Restoration Corp.
    Due to rainy conditions last Saturday (Thank you, Lord!!), the Commemoration of the 266th Anniversary of the Destruction of the Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá and the Martyrdom of the Fathers Alonso Giraldo de Terreros and Jose de Santiesteban Aberín, was held at the Menard Public Library instead of at the Mission Site this year. The Menard County Historical Commission and the Presidio de San...

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