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I watched the report on so much history involved with 'Somos Primos'.WOW! 2017 Mendez Projects in Orange County RAM: National outreach MEMORIAL: Westminster City Landmark Mendez v. Westminster School Desegregation Case 70 Year Celebration Random Act of Mendez Tradition Launching Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 Westminster City Council takes steps to recognize historic civil rights case in city Westminster Mendez Memorial, Acknowledging the Past, Celebrating the Future Mural tradition continues at Westminster High by Kenya Barrett Increased Interest among early residents of Westminster barrios increases.
2017 is the 70-year anniversary of the OC Mendez v. Westminster School District desegregation landmark case. This WWII case involved five Latino families fighting against 4 school districts on behalf of 5,000 children who were being denied access to equal education and opportunity by being segregated to inferior schools and demeaned social status. Mendez helped pave the way to the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education seven years later but most American have no idea that segregation took place all across America, targeting Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans and Blacks.
Well this year, we are going loud and proud with a new tradition and community celebration called “Random Act of Mendez” with the goal of building awareness and pride in our shared history and contributions to American Civil rights. Westminster City Council takes steps to recognize historic civil rights case May 4, 2017 LA Times The landmark case was the forerunner of nationwide integration of U.S. Public schools, but until now, it’s never been honored in Westminster.
=============================== =============================== I am pretty shocked that Westminster still hasn’t created a memorial for [the Mendez family],” Obed Silva, an English professor at Cypress College told the City Council on April 26. Sylvia Mendez, who was 9 when her parents sued the Westminster School District, told council members it was time they recognized the city’s civil rights history. “There is no public place of recognition in Westminster. It is largely unknown here,” said Mendez, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 by then-President Barack Obama.
Council members voted unanimously to approve Councilman Sergio Contreras’ proposal to apply for state cap-and-trade funds to create a historic bike trail on Hoover Street, which passes through the elementary school site that was central to the 1946 lawsuit. The two-mile bike trail along an unused railroad right-of-way would begin on Hoover at Bolsa Avenue, end at Garden Grove Boulevard and include educational information about the case and possibly commemorative public art. It’s part of a city plan to create bike trail and green space for residents. The city has already spent $16,000 out of its general fund cleaning up the trail and another $2.3 million in municipal lighting and park dedication funds on bike trail improvements. ================================ =============================== “I was really surprised that the past City Council or Westminster schools did not come up with any ideas to honor the family properly,” Mayor Tri Ta said. “I think this is the time, a good start.” The case began when five Mexican-American fathers challenged the practice of barring Mexican-American children from attending public schools with whites. The suit specifically cited the El Modena, Garden Grove, Westminster and Santa Ana school districts.
Westminster began as a state case but school districts appealed the court’s decision, which required them to integrate. The districts lost on appeal to the federal courts. It was the first time a federal court declared the practice of school segregation unjust and set the stage for Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation nationwide.
Following the federal decision, the state Legislature passed, and Gov. Earl Warren, a Republican, signed a bill outlawing segregation in all California schools. Warren was appointed to the U.S.
Supreme Court in 1953 and, a year later, led the court’s majority in the Brown v. Board of Education decision that required integration of the nation’s schools. It was a time when restaurants posted signs like “No Dogs and No Mexicans Allowed.” In the fall of 1944, Gonzalo and Felicita Mendez tried to enroll their three children at the Westminster Main Street School. But the children instead were assigned to Hoover Elementary, a school for Mexican children only, according to the National Archives website. Four other families joined the Mendez family in suing four local school districts. During the trial, one Orange County superintendent said: “Mexicans are inferior in personal hygiene, ability, and in their economic outlook” in justifying the district’s segregation policy, according to the National Archives website. =============================== =============================== “[My mother] was born on Baker Street in Placentia and restricted to go only to the Baker School where she was hit if she ever spoke Spanish,” Therese Mosqueda- Ponce, a counselor at Cypress College, told the Westminster City Council last week.
Mosqueda-Ponce was one of several educators who spoke before the council who said many of her students were unaware of Mendez v. Obed Silva said while the city is known for and celebrates its large Vietnamese community, it has not given the same attention to a defining moment in the city’s – and the nation’s — history.
Silva noted the Santa Ana School District has named an intermediate school after the Mendez family, and the Los Angeles Unified School District has dedicated a high school in Boyle Heights. Westminster has a more recent history of discrimination against Latinos.
Resident Mark Lawrence, who ran unsuccessfully for City Council in 2016, pointed to a 2011 lawsuit brought by three Latino Westminster police officers who alleged they were denied promotions because of their ethnicity. A federal jury awarded the officers a $3.5 million judgment. Resident Lupe Fisher said the case isn’t just about fighting for equality for Mexican children. “It’s way overdue, and we owe it to our children,” Fisher said. “I don’t mean our Latino, our Mexican-American children history is for everyone.” Without Mendez v. Westminster, Fisher told the City Council’s three Vietnamese and one Latino members, they wouldn’t be sitting where they are today.
“We have a diverse City Council. If it wasn’t for this case, most of you wouldn’t be here.
– it would be Margie and maybe Mr. Jones,” Fisher said, referring to Councilwoman Margie Rice and City Attorney Richard Jones.
City of Westminster Mendez Memorial We the People.... Acknowledging the Past.... Celebrating the Future ============================== ============================== While Orange County is not widely recognized as a seat of the rights movement, yet all Americans are indebted to the actions of Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez, and four other Santa Ana families, who challenged segregation in local schools, by suing to end educational segregation in Orange County. The 1946 court case Mendez v. Westminster School District had an immediate impact on Southern California, and ultimately paved the way for Civil Rights Legislation nationwide.
Yet we have no plaques, no statues and no landmarks honoring its historic implications. Sergio Contreras, prior Westminster mayor and current City Councilman is heading the Mendez Memorial committee. The Westminster Mendez Memorial will be a celebration of this monumental achievement for all to enjoy. It will serve as a gathering place for all a races, ages, creeds to come together in remembrance of this historical event, reminding s all that no dream is too small and the future s what you make it. The Artist: Famed Artist, Sculptor and Muralist Ignacio Gomez currently has a painting hanging in the Smithsonian American Museum. Gomez designed the Gabrielino Indian woman statue at New Pacoima Neighborhood City Hall, the Riverside Monument for Cesar Chavez, and Cesar Chavez's headstone in La Paz, CA.
The idea for Random Act of Mendez (RAM) came to me years in connection with the school desegregation case Mendez v. Last fall I started working with an extremely talented fine arts student from Cal State Long Beach who also happens to be my college roommate’s son. Adam specially designed a RAM bead that is a stylized peace sign with a Dia de los Muertos feel. Folks who buy a RAM bracelet will get one for themselves along with a second bracelet and a card to GIVE TO SOMEONE they catch doing a Random Act of Mendez which is defined as an act of Peace, Equity Education, Act of Kindness, Courage or Excellent Community Engagement. The bracelets will ship in early September, in time for folks to celebrate RAM during Hispanic Heritage month – September 15 to October 15.
The idea is that people of all colors whose names you may never see in history books contribute to the freedoms we have every day. Court cases start over something as simple as not being served cake.
Not being able to sit where you want on the bus. Not being able to attend the school in your neighborhood.
So every day, when you come home from Target and you’re putting away all of your goodies, remember: Everyone made that happen - from the folks in the parking lot all the way to the cashier who checked you out. Everyone participated.
That is what American freedom is all about. Random Act of Mendez aims to honor peace in our communities though the contributions we make every day. Part of the proceeds from RAM bracelets will be used to help fund Mendez training for educators through a new nonprofit project I’ve started called the Mendez Museum for Equality & Freedom – Without Walls. Based in Old Towne Orange, this historic district is a time capsule of the segregation era just fifteen minutes from Disneyland. Right now, this museum without walls features an unforgettable Mendez v. Westminster tour on a vintage Disney trolley for which the public can buy tickets.
Amazing sites include OC’s last standing Mexican school building, a formerly segregated movie theater and some incredible connections to the Civil War and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Volunteers are joining in to help raise money to offer an immersive three-day Mendez summer camp for educators so they can take this history home to their students all across the country.
We aim to launch the camp in 2018. • Sostenes Medrano; A 1910 Los Angeles Census lists her as immigrating in 1902 and a 1920 Westminster Census lists her as immigrating in 1898. (1898-1902 don’t know which is accurate)• Josefa Gallardo, Sostenes Medrano and Alvina Medrano were sisters from Chihuahua.
Josefa “Josephine” Gallardo 1862-1954 married Jose Dolores Mendez 1861-1929. Alvina Medrano 1864-1935 marrried Cornelio Faudoa 1862-1944.• Sostenes Medrano 1882-1947, Married Epigmenio Agabo and their children born in Los Angeles were 1.
Angelina Agabo 1902-1960 (Angelina was blind and she had a son named Manuel Agabo 1926-1996, AKA Peter Jackson nickname from as famous boxer). Amelia Agabo 1903-1950 married Jesus Velasco (Their child Anita Velasco 1918-2005 who married Felix Bermudez 1908-1990) and Amelia Agabo also married Jesus Felix Limas. Twins Alfredo Agabo 1907-1924 and Jose Agabo 1907-1945.• Sostenes Medrano married Jose Guadalupe Montes Perea and their children born in Los Angeles were; 1. Anita Montes 1916 and 2.
Rachel Montes 1911-1980 (Rachel Married Jose Luz Alonzo)• Sostenes Medrano marries Tomas Vasquez and their children born in Westminster were 1. Daniel Vasquez 1917-1921, 2. Tomas Vasquez 1919-2003, 3. Andres Vasquez 1925 (married Catalina Rivera), 4. Agripina Vasquez 1926 (married Marcos Torres)0• Feliciano Alonzo 1873-1945 and Matea Arias 1874-1965, their children were 1. Cenobia Alonzo (Married to Juan Reyes Cervantes) 2.
Jose Luz Alonzo 1908-1993 (married Rachel Montes). Juan Alonzo 1912-1995 (married Reyes Gomez 1912-2003).• Juan Alonzo and Reyes Gomez children; 1. Reinaldo Alonzo 1940-1941.
Twins Alejandro Alonzo and Erlinda Alonzo (married Sal “Canti” Gonzales).• Jose Dolores Mendez and Josefa Gallardo were parents to Julio Mendez, Clemente Mendez, Dolores Mendez, Maria Eva Mendez, Soledad Mendez, Gonzalo Mendez and Ruth Mendez. One of my hobbies is to keep scrapbooks whether it be of family, my children or other memorabilia. Since I have downsized, I have been going through my “archives” to see if I overlooked any treasures. During one of my crusades, out popped a postcard from one of my scrapbooks of the Taj Majal which had been hidden and forgotten for more than 50 years. The card was sent from Iran and had two stamps of the Shah on the reverse side. It was signed by Lady Bird Johnson with a message written in her distinctive cursive hand writing.
The time period was after the death of my brother, Hector P. In July of 1962. I am bringing this up to place the circumstances and the time frame when the card was sent because the postal stamp had faded. I thought how insightful of Mrs. Johnson to select this card. The structure was built about 1632 to document Shah Jahan’s grief after the death of his wife. It represents a tragic love story such as the tragedy that happened to our family when we lost our son/brother.
The Johnson family have always been friends to my father, Dr. When Vice President Johnson learned of my brother’s accident in Mexico, he sent his personal jet to help bring Sonny back from Mexico. Also he helped cut the diplomatic red tape with the Mexican embassy to facilitate the process. When we visited Tehran in 1962, we saw for ourselves the energy and determination and the skill with which His Majesty and his ministers are carrying out great programs aimed at the welfare of his people. His leadership has been a vital factor in keeping Iran free and in modernizing this ancient land. So it gives me great pleasure and it is a high privilege today to ask those of you, our friends in this country, together with our guests to join in a toast to a reformist 20 th century monarch, His Imperial Majesty and the Empress Farah.
Johnson sent the card to Papa’s office. He brought it home and never commented about the post card to me when he gave it to me. This was a sad period for him and he withdrew from the public eye temporarily. The passage of time helped everyone get past this great tragedy. Also most of the players in this drama have passed on.
I consider the post card a treasure, though a bittersweet link to the past. But, I will always treasure this postcard for the memories it gives me as long as I live. At the time of the land condemnation for Falcon Lake, the federal government “would offer very little over here,” he said. “So you don’t accept what they wanted to pay, and their answer to that would be, ‘You don’t like it, take us to court.’ Well heck, we were very few professional people over here. We were farmers and ranchers. We didn’t have, like now, we have attorneys, we have doctors, we have engineers. Our kids are educated, but at that time we didn’t even have money.” =============================== =============================== Lopez notes the county now is represented by U.S.
Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo who has familial ties to Zapata. “Things have changed in 65 years,” he said. “Back then, the mentality was, ‘Those people are Mexican-Americans.’ Now things are different.” Although he thinks the region has more clout in Congress, Lopez said he doesn’t think Trump has the region’s best interests at heart. “He’s got no sense of reality about what’s going on over here.
He’s got no sense of reality about building a wall,” Lopez said. Cutting off access: The existing Texas border fence ends in Hidalgo County, 65 miles southeast of Zapata. The Rio Grande winds mostly unfenced for nearly 1,000 miles before the barrier picks up again outside El Paso. Homeland Security Department officials haven’t said how much new border wall they plan to build, but they have said the first stretches will go in the Rio Grande Valley, likely in Hidalgo County and Starr County, where Falcon Lake begins. Construction of a fence or wall in Zapata County faces unique hurdles. The dam creates a floodplain that extends miles up the arroyos feeding Falcon Lake. The International Boundary and Water Commission owns the floodplain, but tracing the contours of the lake would be difficult.
Building a wall in a straight line would mean cutting across private property. The county for decades has relied on oil and gas production to drive its economy, but as the wells have dried up, Falcon Lake has become important for local businesses. Philip Ortego [Felipe de Ortego y Gasca], Platoon Sergeant, USMC Enlisted August 23, 1943—Discharged August 28, 1946. Served in the American and Pacific Theaters, including China at war’s end. T he Mexican flag is part of our patrimony, that’s why we carry the Mexican flag at prote sts—to remind people of American atrocities against us since 1848.
This doesn’t mean we are ready to renounce our American citizenship— on the contrary, Mexican Americans are not only a transcendent group but are the most decorated of the American military during World War II and subsequent engagements. Of the 16 million American men and women in uniform during World War II almost 1million were American Hispanics, principally Mexican Americans (see In America’s Defense, Department of Defense). At 90 I’m among the few surviving Mexican American World War II veterans, dying at the rate of 465 a day. By 2030 there won’t be a single World War II veteran alive. Chicanos indigenous fore-bearers stretch back on the continent some 20,000 years. The defining feature of the Mexican American story is the Diaspora created by the U.S. War against Mexico (1846-1848).
Need I say more? Felipe de Ortego y Gasca (Tochtli), Ph.D.
(English) Scholar in Residence (Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Public Policy) Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philology and Cultural Studies Texas State University System—Sul Ross; Alum: Pitt, UTx, UNM m Western New Mexico University Miller Library, 1000 College Ave, PO Box 680 Silver City, New Mexico 88062 Branches: Gallup, Deming, Truth or Consequences, Lordsburg & Web t 575-538-6410, F: 575-538-6178, C: 575-956-5541 e-mail: Philip.Ortego@wnmu.edu Veteran: Sgt. Marine Corps, WW II / Maj. (Res) USAF, Korean Conflict, Early Vietnam Era Charter Member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), 1986. National Public Radio: Segregated, Six Feet Under Interview of Dr. Andres Tijerina by Noam Hassenfeld, July 14, 2017 Latino USA, National Public Radio Part of the Futuro Media Group How to Listen: NPR Editor’s Note: There is a language advisory in this story—a racial slur is not bleeped at 6:05. When Pedro Barrera passed away in 2016, his wife Dorothy tried to bury him in their local cemetery in the small town of Normanna, Texas.
The local San Domingo cemetery guarantees a plot to all Normanna residents, so Dorothy tried to have him buried him. But she ran into trouble.
One day, Barrera was out with her caretaker, Amanda Brown, when she ran into Jimmy Bradford, the head of the cemetery board. When Barrera asked him about burying her husband Pedro, Bradford replied: “Take him 15, 20 miles down the county road there. That’s where we bury the n** and Mexicans.” Barrera contacted LULAC, GI Forum, and the NAACP, and they organized a protest at the cemetery. Meanwhile, MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, took up the case and sued the cemetery board.
This controversy prompted shock and outrage, but it’s not an isolated incident. Texas has a long history of segregation, and there are still segregated cemeteries all across the state. Latino USA tells the story of Dorothy Barrera and explores the larger history of segregated cemeteries. Garcia & CHCC Foundation Nominated to Win $25,000 Grant. Juan is among 12 finalists for 2017 Coors Light Li´der of the Year SACRAMENTO (July 20, 2017) - Juan P. Garcia, Deputy Director, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (CHCC) and CHCC Foundation has been selected as one of 12 Coors Light Li´deres of legal drinking age as a finalist for his commitment to empower the Latino community.
Coors Light believes in rewarding the dedication and tenacious spirit of emerging leaders who selflessly work to achieve success by helping others. Juan is one of 12 li´deres who are competing to become the 2017 Coors Light Lider of the Year through an online public voting competition. The public can start voting for Juan at www.CoorsLightLideres.com today, through August 18, 2017. The winner will receive a $25,000 grant to implement a program in partnership with CHCC Foundation to improve and empower the state's Latino community.
Voting rules and restrictions at CoorsLightLideres.com apply. Must be 21 years or older. Void where prohibited. 'I am honored to represent my community for this year's Coors Light Li´deres program,' said Juan P. 'Coors Light has made a commitment to the Hispanic community to recognize and reward the dedication and tenacious spirit of emerging Latino leaders like me. I am grateful for the opportunity to compete and hopefully win a grant for the CHCC Foundation's Creating a Path to Success (CAPS) Program.' Juan was selected as one of the 2017 Coors Light Li´deres because of his commitment to creating a pathway for the next generation that has serve as the core and inspiration of his professional and personal development.
Juan believes that today's Latino youth are full of energy, ideas, and new eyes and ears to see and to change the world. 'Through the Coors Light Li´deres program, we have the opportunity to create awareness about 12 outstanding Latino leaders who are inspiring others and making a difference to improve the quality of life in communities across the country,' said Alberto Senior, who leads MillerCoors' national Latino community efforts. 'For the past decade, the Li´deres program has recognized the unique accomplishments of 160 leaders, and I am excited about awarding the 2017 Li´der of the Year with a $25,000 grant that will help support the Latino community.' Since 2006, the Coors Light Li´deres program has raised awareness and highlighted the achievements of national and local leaders within the Hispanic community. The Coors Light Li´deres program offers up-and-coming Latino professionals leadership tools, counsel and networking opportunities.
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Learn more at MillerCoors.com, at Facebook.com/MillerCoors or on Twitter through @MillerCoors. California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Foundation The CHCCF was created and incorporated in 2008 and is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit public benefit corporation. The Foundation was established to identify funding opportunities for the educational and economic development programs of the CHCCF and supported organizations. About the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce The California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (CHCC) is the premier and largest regional ethnic business organization in the nation, promoting the economic growth and development of Hispanic entrepreneurs and California's emerging businesses. Through its network of more than 45 Hispanic chambers and business associations throughout California, the CHCC represents the interests of over 800,000 Hispanic business owners in California.
For more information, please visit our website. MEDIA CONTACT: Julian Canete, CHCC (916) 444-2221 California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, 1510 J Street, Suite 110, Sacramento, CA 95814 Sent by info@cahcc.com in collaboration with. The Congressional Reform Act of 2017 1 No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman / woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
Congress (past, present, & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people It may not be used for any other purpose.
Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
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Maria Guadalupe Espinoza, LULAC 2017 'Woman of the Year' Dear LULAC Members and Friends: It gives me great pleasure to announce that Maria Guadalupe Espinoza, member of Anaheim Council #2848 has received the highest honor in being selected as 2017 'Woman of the Year' at 3 Conventions! She has been an untiring advocate for the 'Unconstitutional Expulsion of U.S.
Citizens and Legal Residents to Mexico during the 1930's' due to her own mother Ramona Espinoza being repatriated. As well as other LULAC activities. She has added a page to Anaheim LULAC Council #2848 Facebook page so that others can list their names if they are 'Descendants of a Survivor of the broken US Immigration system'. She won this at the 88th National LULAC Convention on July 7, 2017 in San Antonio, TX.
In addition she also won at: CA State LULAC Convention on May 5-7, 2017 in San Jose, CA and Orange County LULAC District 1 Conference at Rancho Santiago Community College District office on April 22, 2017. CONGRATULATIONS GUADALUPE ESPINOZA!
Yvonne Gonzalez Duncan-Director Orange County LULAC District 1 714-423-9150-cell. Hello Everyone, Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
It was a group effort I can assure you. I could not have done it without the other Anaheim LULAC Council members. They and many others have been true mentors to me. I would like to share the link to the latest post of the new Facebook Page/Blog that the Anaheim Council recently started. International Master Diagnostics Keygen Free. The name of the Blog/Facebook page is: 'Descendant of a Survivor of the Broken US Immigration System.'
This is the most recent blog/Facebook page post: SF State Associate Professor's Research Into 1930s Mass Removals Finds Echoes of Today's Immigration Rhetoric. Jonathan Huhn Regional Director Office of Sen. John Cornyn SARPG0910@aol.com writes: Dear Jonathan, Attached are two documents which set forth our 'Galvez Center' program.
We plan to continue our efforts to obtain a 'Galvez Center' in San Antonio. We also think that the structure envisioned for Washington should be broader in concept to include books and documents about the brave Spanish soldiers and the Spanish Militia who fought the English in current Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Michigan, Alabama and Florida and on the high seas.
They eliminated the British plan for a second front from the west. Without the assistance of Spain, we would still be flying the English flag. Thanks for your time. JUDGE EDWARD F.
8830 Cross Mountain Trail San Antonio, TX Mobile Tel. 210-860-8588 e-mail June 5, 2017 Mrs., President Texas A & M University San Antonio One University War San Antonio, TX 78224 Dear madam President, A group of San Antonians propose that Texas A & M San Antonio plan to operate a 'Galvez Center' on campus. The campus is well situated as it is in the crossroads of the 'Camino Real' and 'Mission Row,' and because it is on or near ranch lands that provided cattle to General Bernardo de Galvez during the American Revolution. The closest Hispanic museum is in Albuquerque, NM. It was the shipment of Texas long horn cattle to Galvez that constitutes the Texas Connection to the American Revolutionary War. San Antonio is already a tourist Mecca, but we need a facility dedicated to the 'Hispanic' contributions to the American Revolutionary War, which led to our Constitution, Bill of Rights and an independent Supreme Court.
It would appear easy for tour companies to add the campus when visiting the missions, as we are walking distance from Mission Espada. I envision that the Galvez Center would consist of: a) A Library to assist scholars in researching Hispanic contributions to the American Revolutionary War. B) An Archive to be available to scholars with historical and genealogical files. C) A Museum/Gallery of Hispanic art and artifacts d) A Visitor Center, auditorium & Gift Shop e) Meeting rooms, a board room and a lounge with kitchenette. F) An annual 'Galvez Conference' where Distinguished Scholars will discuss Galvez and the role of Spain in the American Revolutionary War. Such an annual conference should be operated by a 'Galvez Resident Scholar.'
After the presentations of the scholars at the conference, they will be vetted. Ultimately, the vetted presentations will be printed in a Texas A & M San Antonio Galvez Conference Journal. I am writing to you to seek your guidance. I wish to donate my history and genealogy library to Texas A. In San Antonio, as well as my 16 drawers of my research files for both my genealogical and my historical research. I would think that the library and files already donated by Judge Thonoff could become a part of the Galvez Collection.
Attached is a list of my library which Borderlands Bookstore has valued at $45,000.00. Borderlands is owned by George Farias (an Aggie). He has indicated to me that should Texas A & M University San Antonio agree to establish a Galvez Center, that he would donate a large collection of his personal books, and possibly some of the larger collections he has been engaged to sell what he can and give away the rest. Jack Cowan has also indicated that he will also donate his library. I feel confident that I can get many local researchers to donate their files, books, and artifacts. As for the 'Galvez Museum,' several years ago Jack V.
Cowan (an Aggie) and I were lamenting the fact that there was no museum, library, archives, gallery, etc. Dedicated to Bernardo de Galvez or to the Spanish (Texas) connection to the American Revolutionary War. As you may be aware, Jack and I and others devised and constructed 6 color posters, each of which was 9' high for a Galvez exhibition on campus a few years ago. Jack and I and The Texas Connection to the American Revolution would like to donate those posters to the 'Galvez Museum.'
I have two complete Revolutionary War uniforms, including a sword that I am prepared to donate together with full size flags (US, Texas, Spanish Imperial, Confederate Battle Flag, Culpeper Minute Men Flag, George Washington's Headquarters Flag; President General Flag of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution; and the Order of the Founders of North America). I have complete sets of my SAR medals.
I also have some Spanish crossed swords on a wooden plaque. Yesterday, I confirmed with Joe Perez, Governor of the Granaderos group in San Antonio that should the university add a Galvez Center, they would donate two complete Spanish Imperial Army uniforms, a musket and a drum. Perhaps they will also donate manikins to display those uniforms. The visitor center would be connected to the Museum and would offer a short documentary or two about Spain's assistance in its small auditorium.
I am currently negotiating with the U.S. Park Service to create an hour long documentary for television, to be based upon my book about Galvez. If we are successful, we could make several shorter documentaries which could be shown in a small theatre.
Attached would be a book store and gift shop. Somewhere within the Galvez Center would be a board room. Office space for the director, librarian, curator, secretarial staff, files and storage, work area and meeting room with a small kitchenette, which would be available for rental by heritage and lineage groups as a meeting place. It could also serve as a place for the University to entertain visitors or for staff functions.
I firmly believe that once the concept of a 'Galvez Center' has been adopted by the University, we can secure funds from the legislature and we can begin a fund raising drive. I feel that we can get support from groups such as the 'Camino Real' group, The Canary Islanders, and the Los Bexarenos Genealogical Society.
The Galvez Center can be used for historical and genealogical seminars and symposia, and periodic guest lecturers (through use of the campus auditorium). I envision that the Galvez Center would be run by members of the faculty and staff together with leaders in the community. Please let me know how we can accomplish these goals together. JUDGE EDWARD F.
8830 Cross Mountain Trail San Antonio, TX Mobile Tel. 210-860-8588 e-mail July 24, 2017 Mr. Jonathan Huhn, Regional Director Office of Sen. John Cornyn 600 Navarro San Antonio, TX via e-mail at Re: Galvez Center Dear Mr. Huhn, Thanks for taking the time to chat with me about the Hispanic Museum being proposed in Washington, D.C. First, let me provide a little background.
In 2010, HRM Felipe VI de Borbon, king of Spain asked me to write a book about Spain's involvement in the American Revolutionary War. In 2015, I published the first book on the subject, Galvez / Spain - Our Forgotten Ally in the American Revolution: A Concise Summary of Spain's Assistance, Southwest Historic Press, San Antonio. This book has already won 5 awards. Last year I published a second book entitled George Washington's Secret Ally, Southwest Historic Press, San Antonio. Information about both books can be found at Because of the popularity of the book, which depicts Gen. Bernardo de Galvez (for whom the city of Galveston, TX was named) Native Sun Productions is working towards creating a two hour television documentary about Spain's involvement in the American Revolution.
Native Sun Productions created the six part series about the American Revolutionary War that aired on the History Channel, when it was making its debut. Last year a group of us came up with the concept of a Galvez Center. The Galvez Center is explained in depth in my June 5, 2017 letter to Mrs. Cynthia Matson, president of Texas A & M in San Antonio. Last week, I met with Michael O'Brian, Provost of Texas A & M in San Antonio. He stated that he loved the idea and that the university was 100% behind us. On a warm summer’s day in Philadelphia in 1776, early in the throes of American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson wrestled with the opening sentences of a document that would bring much-needed help to the embattled colonists.
After over a year of war with Britain, the military situation was dire. Without the direct intervention of Britain’s adversaries, France and Spain, the colonies could not hope to prevail against the superior British army and navy.
And so he drafted an appeal to Louis XVI of France and Carlos III of Spain—the Declaration of Independence. Read more click the link Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter Sent by Juan Marinez. Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? ================================== ================================== Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well-educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding.
His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson,Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. ================================== ================================== Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.
The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives.
His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: freedom is never free! We thank these early patriots, as well as those patriots now fighting to KEEP our freedom!
Sent by Oscar Ramirez, Ph.D. Upon learning that the bacteria’s glow is blue, her son wondered whether it may have been the source of the mysterious Angel’s Glow. His mom encouraged Bill and his friend Jonathan Curtis to tackle the question for their school’s science fair.
As they investigated, they were temporarily stumped when they learned that the human body temperature is too high to host the glowing bacteria, but, after learning that the soldiers’ spending days on the cold ground with little or no protection would have lowered their body temperatures, they forged ahead. JUST A JOY - - - Antique Hunting in the Family Tree Editor Mimi: This is a website which seeks out historical and antique items associated which contain an ancestral surname. Really interesting. You can search by surname, and narrow down to other variables. With Lozano, I got: 2009 Ft. Benning Basic Training Yearbook1965 Luther Burbank Vocational High School Yearbook, The Bark, San Antonio, Texas, TX1961 Flight Jacket - Yearbook of the Pensacola Naval Training Station Tidbit, Just a Joy website.. Is There a Woman's Name on the Declaration of Independence?
If you were told a woman's name is on an original printed copy of the Declaration of Independence would you believe it? Mary Katherine Goddard was one of America's first female publishers and a woman who showed great fearlessness during the Revolutionary War. She printed stories about the Battles of Concord and Bunker Hill that resulted in her Baltimore, MD office being raided.
In her boldest move, Goddard put her full name at the bottom of all the copies of the Declaration of Independence that her printing presses churned out in 1777. This was the first copy young America would see and the first to include all of the names of the original signers.
Despite common assumptions, the beautiful original copy of the Declaration prepared by Thomas Jefferson was not presented immediately to the British or to the American public. On July 4th, 1776, John Dunlap printed 200 copies of a rough composition of the document that only contained two names - John Hancock and secretary Charles Thomson, who was listed as a witness. This was the copy sent to England and read to American soldiers. Goddard's second printing, commissioned by Congress in 1777, was meant for disbursal to all Americans and was the first to list all of the signatories along with her own name boldly printed at the bottom. Such an act was considered treasonable by the British. Today, her printed Declaration of Independence is known as the 'Goddard Broadside'.
Mary was also the first female postmaster in America when she was named as such in Baltimore in 1775. She served in this capacity while also running the newspaper, a print shop and a book store.
At the time, Congress was meeting within walking distance of her post office putting her in a perfect position to learn and report their important activities. For 14 years, she served as postmaster of Baltimore until a new Postmaster General declared that the position had to be filled by a man. Despite local protests and a petition signed by 200 Baltimore men, Goddard was removed. A founding feminist? I believe so! Constitution would have never been ratified — and a union never created — if the people of those 13 “free sovereign and Independent States” did not believe that they had the right to secede.
Even on the eve of the War of 1861, unionist politicians saw secession as a right that states had. Kunkel of Maryland said, “Any attempt to preserve the union between the states of this Confederacy by force would be impractical and destructive of republican liberty.” The Northern Democratic and Republican parties favored allowing the South to secede in peace.
Northern newspapers editorialized in favor of the South's right to secede. New-York Tribune (Feb. 5, 1860): “If tyranny and despotism justified the Revolution of 1776, then we do not see why it would not justify the secession of Five Millions of Southrons from the Federal Union in 1861.” The Detroit Free Press (Feb. 19, 1861): “An attempt to subjugate the seceded States, even if successful, could produce nothing but evil — evil unmitigated in character and appalling in extent.” The New-York Times (March 21, 1861): “There is a growing sentiment throughout the North in favor of letting the Gulf States go.”.