BERNARDO DE GÁLVEZ | Trailer (English)

[@trevorodom1086]

Those who forget history are destined to repeat it. -Edmund Burke Reenacting as a member of the Fixed Regiment of Spanish Louisiana, I am proud to see that the history is indeed not being forgotten being preserved for generations to come. That is what we as reenactors strive to do.

[@spanisharmada6460]

Beautiful history....Brought tears to my eyes...

[@michaelcristiancrow]

roberto Fernandez I'm proud Mexicans served under Gov. Galvez fighting the British in the AMERICAN REVOLUTION! Too often, the media keeps Mexicans at the Alamo, MexicanAmerican War & Cinco de Mayo! Which is fine but they ignore that Mexicans also were a major part of this precious history in the foundation of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! ORALE!

[@tonymontana8284]

+michael cristian they do it to all Hispanic nations if galvez was Anglo he'd have he's own tv show

[@michaelcristiancrow]

True

[@archerfromthewoods]

I have found twenty-three linear ancestors that fought under Bernardo de Galvez during the American Revolution. Most of these being Acadians in the Attakapas and Opelousas Militias, but also five regular Spanish soldiers that came from the Canary Islands with their families, all serving in the Louisiana Regiment of Infantry during the Baton Rouge, Mobile and Pensacola campaigns. It is a travesty that most Americans know nothing of Galvez or the Spanish contribution to American Liberty. I will do my part to remedy this. Thank you for doing your part.

[@DOCUMENTALESCEDECOM]

Hi. You can show the full film in our channel. Thank your very much for your "contribution".

[@nickdiaz6752]

I’m a decent of Bernardo de galvez :)

Bernardo de Gálvez fought for the Kingdom of Spain, not for the US nor for a democracy. He recovered Florida for Spain and he expected that Spain would keep it. The Spanish weren't useful idiots in a foreign fight, as it is often wrongly portrayed.

[@archerfromthewoods]

Galvez fought as an ALLY to the colonies fighting for independence. I agree that it's not like Spain was acting without any personal interests. You are correct that Galvez didn't fight for the US because the US didn't exist yet. I also agree that the fight had nothing to do with democracy. Our founders all knew where pure democracy leads, which is why they gave us first a confederation of States, and then later a federal republic. The point is to me that what Spain and Galvez accomplished by securing the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico was of HUGE strategic and logistical importance to the colonies' war effort. Think of why the British attacked New Orleans in 1815? Think of why the Union Army spent much blood and treasure, and risked morale and reputation by sieging civilians in order to take Vicksburg? The Mississippi and the Gulf have always been of paramount military importance. IMHO, Galvez should be a household name in America for what he accomplished.

[@joelado]

You are right somewhat. However, it is a little more complicated than that. The governor of all lands west of the Mississippi before Galvez is pretty much known to have fallen in love with the new United States cause through his contact with an American patriot Polack. He established contact with George Washington's second in command General Charles Lee who asked Galvez if he wanted the continental army to move south and take Pensacola. Spain wanted to get back what it had lost in the French and Indian war (the 7 years war), it was also obligated by treaty to France to enter the war if France did. However the king of Spain was reluctant to get into a conflict because it had colonies too. It was people like the entire Galvez family, who held various positions not by birth but were born poor but got their jobs in Spanish government through merritt, (well, until Bernardo, who got his job through nepotism, but he ends up being really good at what he does and that was leadership) the former governor of the Spanish colonies, Luis de Unzaga, the people of Málaga and the rest of Spain, the spanish catholic church, the Spanish colonies and in particular Havana, Cuba that raised millions for the rebellious British Colonies in only one day, etc. etc. that got together supplies, funds and clothing for the American British colonies' rebellion to the tune of what would be billions of dollars today. Bernardo took Pensacola goating the Spanish navy to attack with two "US" schooners who believed in him. Galvez took their boats in between to British fortifications at the entrance of Pensacola while he sounded the way so the Spanish ships wouldn't run aground. Bernardo got shot across the stomach and into his left hand and the area between the two fortifications got so thick with smoke from the cannon fire you couldn't see the schooners. When the smoke cleared the Spanish navy could see the two schooners by the walls of the fort and were shamed into entering the fight, which eventually took Pensacola from the British. Galvez's leadership eventually frees up the French Navy from the Caribbean so they can do up to Yorktown and seal the British in for their eventual defeat by the colonials to end the war. There was so much more that the Spanish did that helped the burgeoning United States win the Revolutionary War. Galvez ended up doing a few crucial things that if they hadn't been done would have probably meant the US would have lost. The big question still remains, why was he and Spain's contribution removed from the history books? I had met the ancestors of the Spanish soldiers who had stayed living along the Mississippi at the Folklife Festival in Washington, DC. Until I had met them I didn't even know that Spain participated in the American Revolutionary War at all. I'm now reading a book about Spain's participation in the war originally written about the time and found in Malaga. I'm currently reading a greatly enhanced version that has been greatly expanded and with all the source material cataloged and organized by an American historian. The things I'm learning is amazing.

[@GXSergio]

@@joelado When learning the history of the USA from an outsider perspective, it can be clear to understand why the Spanish history has been erased from the official history. What the USA government did to Spain was a humongous infamy, against all the moral values which the US is bragging all the time since it's inception. The USA grew at the expense of Spain, at a moment that spain was at their weakest point after napoleon treasoned Spain (france and spain were military allies) invaded and wrecked deeply the country. At that moment of time, all of the spanish louisina was snatch from spain and given to the USA, a deal brokered by french, hence the complacency for the french there... After winning the war against napoleon, the spanish empire comprised from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, the devastating war resulted in a country so unstable that the empire was balcanized in an array of countries. Mexico was an easy prey for the new and revitalized USA, should be noted that many USA anglo citizens migrated to new spain texas, those migrants later on rebel against the new government of mexico and later on joined that territory to the USA. Mexico was deeply in crisis after their independence, and for the USA taking the north western parts of mexico was an easy thing to do, but by any means was there any justification to do it, it was pure imperalism. Shortly after, the USA threatens Spain with war, placing their army at the border with florida. A war which Spain was in no position to withstand, it was war or surrender la florida in exchange of some coin. But wait there is more. Next the USA puts their sight on Cuba, they frabicated a whole story (blowing their own ship, the maine) in order to justify war with Spain, this is well documented nowadays. On that war, the USA sent a fleet to the philippines... nobody in manila knew that spain was at war with the USA, in fact, the US navy was sent there before the official declaration of war. The spanish navy was docked at bay, and the officials just looking from the groud how their fleet was sunk... Filipinas was spanish for 333 years by that moment. So the country who promised to not do colonies and sh*t, got for themselves a whole asian-pacific enterprise, philippines, guam, marianas, carolinas, etc... Many atrocities were made by usa at philippines, so you can imagine at which extent the leader of the filipino pro-independence rebels against spain, returned to spain years later to ask for forgiveness and repented publicly... In that same war, for some reason puerto rico was taken from spain too, even if there was no rebels or any sort of independent idealists there... I could do a deep dive on another subjects like racism and hispanophobia used by the USA government against Spain and hispanic america, because there is plenty documented, but this should be enought to picture why the Spanish involvment is removed from the official story telling of the USA history.

[@francisco-pk5rt]

Las cirscuntancias históricas fueron esas, pero indirectamente esa batalla ganada por Bernardo de Gálvez sirvió para debilitar a Inglaterra

[@juanmartincontreras7312]

Donde queda este pueblo y como se llama quiero visitarlo, gracias

[@DOCUMENTALESCEDECOM]

Cerca de Malaga.

[@juanmartincontreras7312]

@@DOCUMENTALESCEDECOM Málaga España????? Creo que esta equivocado eso es en estados unidos

[@BlueRul]

@@juanmartincontreras7312 A ver, esta el pueblo de Florida, Pensacola y luego han mencionado el pueblo de donde era este señor, que era Macharaviaya municipio de Málaga.

[@mikehurtado4772]

Buque Insignia: USS Galvez

[@nicolasrodriguez-cc3ez]

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