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Newsdata · Florida Politics·June 11, 2026Florida State

The untold Hispanic history that made U.S. history possible

Far from the colonists' front lines, Cubans, Mexicans and Spaniards aided the American Revolution.

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On my first attempt to find Bernardo de Gálvez in 2015 in Pensacola, Fla., 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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