BERNARDO DE GALVEZ MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Equestrian Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1976
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: RICHARD E. MILLER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ THE GREAT SPANISH SOLDIER CARRIED OUT A COURAGEOUS CAMPAIGN IN LANDS BORDERING THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. THIS MASTERPIECE OF MILITARY STRATEGY LIGHTENED THE PRESSURE OF THE ENGLISH IN THE WAR AGAINST THE AMERICAN SETTLERS WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE. “MAY THE STATUE OF BERNARDO DE GALVEZ SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT SPAIN OFFERED THE BLOOD OF HER SOLDIERS FOR THE CAUSE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.”
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