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The statue of Our Lady of Loreto watches over visitors to the chapel, dedicated in Her name, in Goliad, Texas. The chapel dates back to the late 1760s and has been in continuous use since. Lincoln Borglum sculpted the statue of Our Lady of Loreto. She stands in a niche above the chapel entrance. Among Borglum’s other works, albeit on a slightly larger scale, is the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The Spanish established the Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de […]