Please join us at the grand opening of El Castillo de San Luis, the re- created military complex at Mission San Luis, this Saturday, May 5. Relive military...
Congratulations! Way to cool, but also too far away. Ah, to live in Spanish territory (wait, I live California! Oh well, asi es la vida.) iv Sent from my...
Are there any Sante Fe Presidio soldados interested in sharing an exhibit table at a conference 15 minutes north of Santa Fe, adjacent to the Cities of Gold...
Hola Everyone: I just received my white long drawers and black linen neckerchief from Custom Vestments to complete my soldado uniform. Joe Kleffman did an ...
If you get the photos done at WalMart, etc. Then just have them put on the web as well as developed. Then one of is can help you download and then upload them...
Saludos My friends and I have been invited back to the below festival, but they want something bigger and better this year and I plan to deliver. Sunday,...
I want to put a patina on my helmets and armour and have never done this before. I live in a small apartment, but I do have access to a workshop. Is there an...
Wear the stuff. Leave it outside in moist weather. Wipe your greasy fingers all over it. It should take 2 weeks to look badly taken care of. Remember things...
Hi List, I would like to extend an invitation to participate at the Spanish Louisiana Infantry Regiment's first event at Sully Plantation, Centreville, VA. ...
Question was asked about what soldado's consumed while in the Presidio, and especially while traveling. Biscuits were one food substance and water. Can...
The man to answer that is Rick, Collins of the 2nd Free Co. Of Catalonian Volunteers (he's also a cuera of note). He wrote the (recipe) book or at least...
I was under the impression that San Juan, Puerto Rico, is an older city than St. Augustine. That would make San Juan the oldest city within the United States...
Hola, I do think we are missing the point here. There is no contest for oldest settlement in the United States. If we were to do that, we would have to give...
Mark Santiago is perusing the books for Janos in 1788. They mention barrels of salt pork, flour, carne seca, and corn for a few. It also mentions boatloads of...
Marcy, I never actually finished a recipe book. Perhaps when I retire. The joke we generally make is that the American colonies boiled all their beef and the ...
Please send your "few" recipes. I have a few theories, but no facts. I did several sessions as an "envark", that is one who does archaelogy focusing on food...
Yes, but what does "painted" mean? There really is no reason why they could not all be painted with the arms of Spain. But I believe I sent you a picture of...
They are all painted with crest or something close. All of the Heard Museum collection that I looked at were painted in great details save one and that one was...
After 45 Grafitti Removal and Intervention Team (GRIT) volunteers spent 1,842.25 hours removing 6,939 square feet of graffiti off of the canyon walls at Glen ...
Hola Rick, We are entering a grey area here - but most of what we "know" about soldados de cuera and their rig is "grey." I agree with you that whoever at the...
Dear Soldados, I wish to share my limited knowledge of materials and techneques that may have been used by Spanish Colonials in various art forms. I have a...
Hola Leroy, I paint in oils myself, so I understand the importance of using gesso as a ground for painting. But I wonder if this was done in the case of...
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