Posted on Jul 21, 2023
This Week in History: Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish Governor — and American hero!
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At about this time in 1746, a future Spanish Governor and supporter of the Patriot cause is born in Malaga, Spain. General Bernardo de Gálvez has been described as one of those historical figures “whose contributions are barely noticed in classroom histories, but without whom, events would have turned out dramatically differently.”
Gálvez helped Americans, even though Spain had not formally entered the war against England. He secured New Orleans so that British supplies could not be sent up the Mississippi —and he looked the other way when the Patriots smuggled supplies through themselves. He expelled all British subjects out of Louisiana. In fact, his efforts were so helpful that they elicited admiring comments from Oliver Pollock, an American agent in New Orleans.
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Totally new story to me MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
Gálvez helped Americans, even though Spain had not formally entered the war against England. He secured New Orleans so that British supplies could not be sent up the Mississippi —and he looked the other way when the Patriots smuggled supplies through themselves. He expelled all British subjects out of Louisiana. In fact, his efforts were so helpful that they elicited admiring comments from Oliver Pollock, an American agent in New Orleans.
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Totally new story to me MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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