Francisco Saavedra: Ensuring Victory at Yorktown

The Journal of the American Revolution online magazine of September 11, 2025, has an interesting article explaining Saavedra’s role in raising money at Havana to pay for France’s success in their naval blockade at Yorktown. The link to the article is below:

https://allthingsliberty.com/2025/09/francisco-de-saavedra-de-sangronis-a-spainards-pivotal-role-in-the-yorktown-triumph/

 

The Road to Independence

The NSDAR Alta Mira Chapter is sponsoring a series on the founding of our nation. This article appeared in the Porterville Recorder, the online magazine of Porterville, California. The link to the article is below:

https://www.recorderonline.com/gallery/the-road-to-independence-spains-contribution-to-the-americas-independence/article_dfbb9643-733b-405c-afc7-701e4294eb2f.html

 

Remembering Francisco Bouligny

The city of New Iberia, Louisiana, honors the Spanish officer who founded the city in 1779. It is from KATC News, an affiliate of ABC News in Louisiana. The link to the article is below:

https://www.katc.com/iberia-parish/remembering-francisco-bouligny

 

U.S. Navy’s Newest Frigate Named USS Gálvez

The U.S. Navy announced a future ship honoring Bernardo de Gálvez. It is from an online site that advertises itself as one of the largest online maritime training and educational platforms in the world. The link to the article is below:

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/us-navys-new-future-guided-missile-frigate-named-uss-galvez/

 

A Cajun Revolution

This article is from The Hayride, an online magazine of Southern politics and culture. It is an opinion piece about removing or changing the names of statues, judging the past through modern standards and changing the Acadiana flag. The link to the article below:

https://thehayride.com/2025/09/%E2%9A%9C%EF%B8%8F-a-cajun-revolution-erasing-our-lady-of-the-acadians-%E2%9A%9C%EF%B8%8F/