Commentary: The untold Hispanic history that made US history possible
On my first attempt to find Bernardo de Gálvez in 2015 in Pensacola, Florida, he was difficult to spot. I eventually found him at Fort George, in the form of a small stone bust with the words “Yo Solo” (“I Alone”) carved underneath. The...
On my first attempt to find Bernardo de Gálvez in 2015 in Pensacola, Florida, he was difficult to spot. I eventually found him at Fort George, in the form of a small stone bust with the words “Yo Solo” (“I Alone”) carved underneath.
The memorial — dedicated in 1981, on the 200th anniversary of the Siege of Pensacola — was an underwhelming tribute to a Spanish general who helped the United States win the American Revolution.
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