Posted on 10/19/2015 8:32:49 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
As Hispanic Heritage Month draws to a close, it is worth remembering the contributions that Hispanics have made to American independence. “Many Americans of Hispanic origin have received deserved praise,” Alejandro Chafuen of the Atlas Society writes in Forbes. “A major public Washington, D.C. square and statue is dedicated to David G. Farragut (1801-1870), a Hispanic American.”
“Farragut was the son of Jordi Farragut (1755-1817), born in Minorca, Spain. David Farragut became the first U.S. admiral. He is remembered for a great many things, including his call of ‘Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead’ at the Battle of Mobile Bay, where he led the United States into victory. Jordi also deserves a statue. He joined the American Revolutionary War, and fought with the Continental infantry in several battles as well as joining the South Carolina Navy as a lieutenant.”
“Bernardo de Gálvez (1746-1786), Governor of Louisiana in 1777, helped the American rebels not only by selling them munitions but also by letting them use his territory and the port of New Orleans for their efforts. Gálvez died at a young age in Mexico but left behind an important legacy: the city of Galveston was named after him. Another Hispanic American, Juan Bautista de Anza (1736-1778), was Governor of New Mexico in 1776. But before he became governor, Bautista de Anza made a long journey from Mexico to what is today Northern California, and his efforts helped establish the first European settlements in Monterey, San Francisco, and San Jose.”
A Hispanic heritage .... MONTH !??!
Did I miss the American heritage ice cream party ?
Understood...Okay...but to be clear, this bears NO connection to the “Hispanic,” i.e., ILLEGAL ALIEN problem here in this country today. They’re not even the same historic generational lines.
Yes. Our Dear Friend.
The accolades are certainly valid and worthy of mention.
But everyone should remember that the United States were established in opposition to the efforts of the Spanish Crown, and many battles were fought to hold their territorial claims at bay.
They continue with their territorial initiatives to this day. Hispanic Lebensraum is always the goal, because to them the dirt is worth everything.
The Americas cannot become a uniform example of hispanic disaster and failure.
Spain is not Mexico
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“As Hispanic Heritage Month draws to a close,”
Honestly, I never knew it started in the first place.
Habías algunos hispanos en el Alamo también.
Hispanic?
Isn’t this guy just a Spaniard?
Maybe we should consider opportunities of timing with regard to very relevant current problems we have, often coded by certain words and then offering up historical examples (limited by me count) that support some extension of value.
By this I mean things like Obama’s claim that Muslims and Islam have contributed greatly to the founding and development of this country. Or how Muslims have contributed to science. All this smacks of political maneuvering and excuse for the devolution of this country.
Actually, I’m tired of hearing about Hispanics and all the other groups. I’m more interested in Americans today and now and what we are going to do to stop this foolishness..
Yeah, but what have they done lately?
Not the third world hell hole of South America.
Not Mexico.
Not Brazil.
Not ....fill in the hole of your choice.
SPAIN !!!! That is in Europe there....ah...er...EL WAPOH!
Has nothing to do with the third worlders invading our borders now...does it?
The viral scum are repugnant enemies of America.
jmo
Hispanics, indeed, played a major role in America’s fight for independence.
In 1779, after Spain joined the War of the American Revolution as a full participant, Spanish forces besieged Gibraltar and invaded West Florida. The Battle of Pensacola in 1781 was one of the more significant battles of the war and a major defeat for the British. However, many popular histories of the Revolution make no reference to this battle at all, perhaps because no Americans were involved.
get on the school board and in the trenches
un mes solo para nosotros ? Ayyy que rico! Pero como es nadie me dijo! en algun lugar hay un taco esperandome...:(
The Hispanic/Latino naming dispute is an ongoing disagreement over the use of the ethnonyms "Hispanic" and "Latino" to refer collectively to the inhabitants of the United States who are of Latin American or Spanish origin—that is, Hispanic or Latino Americans. The usage of both terms has changed to adapt to a wide range of geographical and historical influences. The term "Hispanic" was used first; later, some Hispanics in the western United States came to prefer the term "Latino."
While the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, "Hispanic" is a narrower term which only refers to persons of Spanish-speaking origin or ancestry, while "Latino" is more frequently used to refer more generally to anyone of Latin American origin or ancestry, including Brazilians.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] "Hispanic" thus includes persons from Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin Americans but excludes Brazilians, while "Latino" excludes persons from Spain but includes Spanish-speaking Latin Americans and Brazilians. Because Brazil's population of 191,000,000[11] is several times larger than Spain's population of 47,000,000[12] and because there are more Brazilian-born Americans (325,547 as of 2012)[13] than Spanish-born Americans (88,665 as of 2012)[14] in the United States, "Latino" is a broader term encompassing more people. The choice between the terms among those of Spanish-speaking origin is associated with location: persons of Spanish-speaking origin residing in the eastern United States tend to prefer "Hispanic", whereas those in the west tend to prefer "Latino".[15]
"Latino" as a category used in the United States may be understood as a shorthand for the Spanish word latinomericano or the Portuguese phrase latino americano, thus excluding speakers of Romance languages from Europe.[16][17] Both "Hispanic" and "Latino" are generally used to denote people living in the United States,[18][19] so that "[o]utside the United States, we don't speak of Latinos; we speak of Mexicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and so forth."[20][21][22]
I understand where you are coming from. But I don’t need to be on a school board to know the difference between the use of “Spain, Spanish and Spanish-controlled Mexico” and “Hispanic,” especially in light of our current problems.
The two have no bearing on one another and I question the purpose of the piece for that.
No ... but YOUR VOTE is needed to stop the academic rapists
If I were of Spanish descent I'd be very ticked off.
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