Plaque in Natchez Honoring General Bernardo de Gálvez

Bernardo de Gálvez - Bio
Maryland Resolution to General Gálvez and the Spanish for Revolutionary War Service
Role of Gálvez in the American Revolution
Galvez, (Bernardo de) Park and Statue in the District of Columbia : The Statue was a gift from the King of Spain in 1776 to celebrate the American Bi-Centennial and the role of Galvez in the American War of Independence

EXCERPTS OF A SPEECH GIVEN ON THIS LOCATION ON JUNE 3, 1976 BY HIS MAJESTY
DON JUAN CARLOS I
KING OF SPAIN

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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