THE MEXICAN WAR 1848 MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1986
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: J.J. PRATS
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
IN MAY OF 1848, U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK ORDERED THE INVASION OF MEXICO BY U.S. TROOPS, THUS BEGINNING THE MEXICAN WAR. THREE MONTHS LATER, GENERAL STEPHEN WATTS KEARNEY LED A VICTORIOUS U.S. ARMY UNOPPOSED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND INTO SANTA FE. KEARNEY’S CONQUEST WAS FORMALIZED BY THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO, UNDER WHICH THE U.S. PAID MEXICO 15 MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA. NEW MEXICO BECAME A TERRITORY OF THE U.S. IN 1850.
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