And if people can make it: Zebulon Pike Bicentennial event with many lectures etc, concerning the Spanish attitude toward the Pike expedition. Pueblo, ...
... Subject: Uniforms of the Havana Regiment and St. Augustine Cavalry Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 00:47:39 -0400 From: John Powell Of late, the uniform of the...
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Dear Sir, My name is Leroy Martinez and live in southern california. I would like you to give me the best offer for all that you are selling. The lance may...
Greetings! The lances cannot be shipped due to their length via USPA, UPS or FedEx. Sorry. And CA would a quite a treck to get them. Not really sure how to...
Hello, Can someone on this list help me with a question. I recently heard about a set of patterns by Green River Forge, which is a defunct company specializing...
ˇHola mis amigos! A friend of mine is seeking a **used** Wall Tent with a stove insert. If anyone has one for sale or knows of one please contact me with...
Compadres, I need to some 16th Century Iberian Soldados on September 24th. Please contact me offline if you are interested. Event is in Hollywerid. Bruce...
Cross-posting an intersting article. iv Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld ... From: "daviswwalker" <daviswalker@...> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006...
Hola! Thanks for posting this. I read it on Sunday in the New York Times and was thinking of doing it myself. I'm glad that someone as good as Tony Horowitz...
The history part is great. I've always thought the Spanish origins of the US have been far too long ignored, and I think the article nailed why. However, its...
When I talk to people about the Pike expedition, I remind them that he was the Anglo illegal alien who was arrested by Spanish authorities upholding the ...
Here's an interesting 1809 quote from Don Nemesio Salcedo, Governor of the Interor Provinces of New Spain: "We should always dread the ambitious, restless, and...
Hola! ... it's ... as "The ... American and 300 years ... What they are celebrating is not History, but "my-story" - the chronicle of people like themselves. ...
This is an interesting essay with a tremendous amount of insight into United States history. Speaking with young people, I feel that elements of the "Black...
Another history denial, is the fact that almost everywhere you look one gets to read that the oldest city under the US flag was St. Agustine. Even one gets to...
Hola! I hate to step away from this great discussion about Americans and the Black Legend, but I am a bit baffled by something that has just occured. I...
Interesting article but this is what Professor Herbert Eugene Bolton preached at Berkeley for many years. His disciples , the neo-Boltonians and their...
I agree. On the rare occasions when I don my Revolutionary War uniform anymore, I carry my Spanish musket & cartridge box. People are generally astonished to...
France contributed with money (which the colonist never paid back) a Spain contribuited with soldiers, money, arms, ships and a lot of supplies; besides...
Hola! Actually, the French contributed more than just money. Living as I do along the route that Count Rochambeau and George Washington led their troops to...
Hello, I was recently asked by a California State Park employee to comment on the authenticity of some patterns from Green River Forge. I earlier wrote this...
Yes, you are very right. I was making reference to the southern part; wjere Bernardo Galvez and his men under command were also fighting. The French did not...
I have fogotten my yahoo password, which is why I am sending this message which is obviously not a reply to the previous post. I wanted to thank the soldados...
Back in the woods at the Yorktown battlefield where few ever see it, there is a white marble cross which has been sadly vandalized. It is in honor of the ...
Glad to see the interest in history however I have some commments about Mr. Horowitz editorial: -So amid the din over border control, the Senate affirms the...