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Texas and the American Revolution Celebrate USA 250 as Texas State Historian Dr. Richard McCaslin discusses how Spanish Coahuila y Tejas played a pivotal role in helping American patriots secure independence from Great Britian.
A former Texas State Historical Association professor of Texas history at the University of North Texas, McCaslin has written or edited twenty-two books, including Tullis Award-winner Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, October 1862 and Pulitzer nominee Lee in the Shadow of Washington.
Dr. McCaslin observes, “Without the support of several nations—most notably France, Spain, and the Netherlands—the United States would never have won its independence from Great Britain. Gov. Bernardo de Gálvez of Spanish Louisiana, an officer with experience in and support from Texas, contributed to the patriot cause with a successful military campaign on the Gulf Coast that led the British to return Florida to Spain, reversing a territorial loss of twenty years earlier.”
Dr. Richard McCaslin is a former Chair of the Department of History at the University of North Texas and served as Texas State Historian from 2019–2021.
Sponsored by the Allen Public Library, DAR Bernardo de Gálvez and Allen Quilters Guild
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Texas and the American Revolution Celebrate USA 250 as Texas State Historian Dr. Richard McCaslin discusses how Spanish Coahuila y Tejas played a pivotal role in helping American patriots secure independence from Great Britian.
A former Texas State Historical Association professor of Texas history at the University of North Texas, McCaslin has written or edited twenty-two books, including Tullis Award-winner Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, October 1862 and Pulitzer nominee Lee in the Shadow of Washington.
Dr. McCaslin observes, “Without the support of several nations—most notably France, Spain, and the Netherlands—the United States would never have won its independence from Great Britain. Gov. Bernardo de Gálvez of Spanish Louisiana, an officer with experience in and support from Texas, contributed to the patriot cause with a successful military campaign on the Gulf Coast that led the British to return Florida to Spain, reversing a territorial loss of twenty years earlier.”
Dr. Richard McCaslin is a former Chair of the Department of History at the University of North Texas and served as Texas State Historian from 2019–2021.
Sponsored by the Allen Public Library, DAR Bernardo de Gálvez and Allen Quilters Guild
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