I found the Geocities site for the Luisiana regt. I sent a contact message a couple of days ago. I was being recruited before Katrina. Then things kinda fell...
To all, another mistake made by mayor's of Los Angeles and San Gabriel and a guest on Los Angeles 225th Birthday Celebration, other parts of the event were...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 6, 2006 8:11 am
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This is pathetic!!!!! Vivavillaragosa strikes again!!!! Let me give you my ethnic background so you know where I come from. My heritage is Eastern European...
What do you expect from a mayor who thinks he can manage the schools. I shudder to think of how history will now be taught (or is now taught) in LA schools! ...
Thank you for you message. I sympathize with you and your frustrations. It is amazing the degree of false information on the Spanish heritage of the United...
Here is a basic note on Los Angeles's 225th birthday, how the Mexican Mayor and the Mayor of San Gabriel managed to rewrite California History again. This...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 8, 2006 7:17 am
5314
Thanks, but with a Mexican Mayor, who likes the French Consul General, the Mexican Consul General and insulted the Spanish Consul General in only a few words...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 8, 2006 7:37 am
5315
Thanks, I am Scottish, English, Irish, Spanish, Czechoslovakian, Tahitian, Russian and Prussian, a little Viking for fun, a little Moorish from the 11th ...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 8, 2006 7:41 am
5316
Funny with the Pizzas. You also forgot, Pio de Jesus Pico, a long line of Italians-Romans. Take care, bob [Non-text portions of this message have been...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 8, 2006 7:44 am
5317
I think we have discussed the problem with why current US history does not accentuate the settlement of North America by the Spanish and that reason is...
Regarding the discussion of whether the credit (or blame!) for the settlement of the southwest during the colonial era should be given to Spain or Mexico, I ...
You also have to remember, the country of Mexico did not exist until Sep. 15, 1821, that is why they had their revolution. You also have to remember, there...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 9, 2006 7:15 am
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One part of the fun of history is, that I had family settle in Boston in the 1630s, in California from 1697, at least one (Ortega) and maybe two other family...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 9, 2006 7:36 am
5321
You mean El Mayor Vivaraggosa. regriffith6828@... wrote: You also have to remember, the country of Mexico did not exist until Sep. 15, 1821, that...
Yes, him and the mayor in San Gabriel, They keep on saying that the majority of the founders of LA were black and Mexicans. So much for their education in...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 10, 2006 7:04 am
5323
I see much of the issue of Mexican vs Spanish coming from an Anti-Spanish perspective. It is understandable that countries with a colonial heritage want to...
Two thoughts: American historians, even California historians totally ignored the contribution of the Spanish Royal Army. It was Colonel Felipe de Neve who...
CLopez2066@...
Sep 11, 2006 12:05 am
5325
Thanks, I will give this one to the mayor on Thursday, let him explain it. Even the city and the county seals have something to do with Spain, I guess that...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 11, 2006 7:56 am
5326
The anti Spanish feelings in this country are actually fairly recent. The Spanish-American War (1898-1899), like all wars, teneded to demonize the "enemy" as...
I agree that the anti-Spanish propaganda during the Cuban insurrections was effective. The emphasis was on the cruel nature of Spanish colonial rule. The...
Braford, You are right: The English had a long hatred of the Spanish from the time of the Armada (1588) also the Queen Anne Wars (1702 approx.?): fighting...
Does anyone know the answer to the question below? Thanks! Daniel M. Sebby Command Sergeant Major, CSMR California Center for Military History California State...
Uh, California? I thought it was Arizpe. That's in Sonora. As in the state. The Estados Unidos Mexicanos one. Don Garate around? He could confirm. iv Sent...
It seems that Mexico hates Spain even more than it did France. After all, the Mexican mayor of LA introduced both the Mexican and French Consul Generals, but...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 13, 2006 6:16 am
5333
From what I could tell from scrounging around is that De Anza is buried Arizpe in the state of Sonora, México. Cheers, Aaron Alejandro Olivas Graduate Student...
Yes, Anza was buries in the cathedral in Arizpe, not on the floor where the grave under glass was supposed to be him, but in a side chapel/ Don Garate knows...
Isn't it kind of funny in that in our conversation about confused ethnic identities, that you described the mayor of Los Angeles as being Mexican. I was under...
The proper term should have been Citizens of Colonial Spain or something to that effect. If you could ask the founders of all of California, let alone, Los...
regriffith6828@...
Sep 15, 2006 7:37 am
5337
The Viceroy of New Spain was in Mexico, but he was under direct orders from King Carlos III of Spain to colonize Alta California, therefore, the Portola'...
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