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Who Was Bernardo de Gálvez?
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Who Was Bernardo de Gálvez?

The Spanish general not only helped build the Chapultepec castle, but was rumored to be helping Mexico plan its independence

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Nov 08, 2024
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Across the street from the complex building housing the U.S. Department of State, in downtown Washington, there is a statue that the King of Spain inaugurated more than forty years ago. The effigy represents Bernardo de Galvez, a man that no one has heard of. However, at the head of his Spanish troops —which included a good number of Mexicans— Gálvez wa…

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