Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Through the life and experience of Veronica Davila, former captain of the Las Valentinas escaramuza team, we learn how girls reclaim their Mexican cultural heritage and affirm their Mexican American identity through this daring horsemanship and horse-riding sport.
A traves de la vida y la experiencia de Veronica Davila, ex-capitana del equipo de escaramuza Las Valentinas, aprendemos sobre como chicas Mexico Americanas reclaman su legado cultural Mexicano y afirman su identidad Mexico Americana por medio del deporte ecuestre.
Verónica A. Méndez is a curator in the Division of Military and Political History at the National Museum of American History.
Verónica A. Méndez es curadora en la División de Historia Militar y Política del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana.
📝Teachers! Explore escaramuza history in your classrooms by using this learning lab: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/escaramuzas-asserting-a-mexican-girls-tradition/GrEcnHfYQuKox2Rj
🔍Check out the escaramuza dress in 3D and join object donor, Veronica Davila, as she walks you through the escaramuza outfit: https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/escaramuza-5-piece-ensemble:4bc023f5-5236-4c84-a280-49f73ec84721
👩🏽💻Learn more about our Girlhood (it's complicated) online exhibit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/girlhood
Through the life and experience of Veronica Davila, former captain of the Las Valentinas escaramuza team, we learn how girls reclaim their Mexican cultural heritage and affirm their Mexican American identity through this daring horsemanship and horse-riding sport.
A traves de la vida y la experiencia de Veronica Davila, ex-capitana del equipo de escaramuza Las Valentinas, aprendemos sobre como chicas Mexico Americanas reclaman su legado cultural Mexicano y afirman su identidad Mexico Americana por medio del deporte ecuestre.
Verónica A. Méndez is a curator in the Division of Military and Political History at the National Museum of American History.
Verónica A. Méndez es curadora en la División de Historia Militar y Política del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana.
📝Teachers! Explore escaramuza history in your classrooms by using this learning lab: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/escaramuzas-asserting-a-mexican-girls-tradition/GrEcnHfYQuKox2Rj
🔍Check out the escaramuza dress in 3D and join object donor, Veronica Davila, as she walks you through the escaramuza outfit: https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/escaramuza-5-piece-ensemble:4bc023f5-5236-4c84-a280-49f73ec84721
👩🏽💻Learn more about our Girlhood (it's complicated) online exhibit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/girlhood
