HR 7 — COMMENDATIONS: Commends the pivotal contributions made by Bernardo de Gálvez and other Hispanic people during the American Revolution

HLSENROLLED 26RS-389 ORIGINAL Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

7 BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM COMMENDATIONS:A RESOLUTION To commend the pivotal contributions made by Bernardo de Gálvez and other Hispanic people to the success of the American Revolution.

Commends the pivotal contributions made by Bernardo de Gálvez and other Hispanic people during the American Revolution A RESOLUTION To commend the pivotal contributions made by Bernardo de Gálvez and other Hispanic people to the success of the American Revolution.

and WHEREAS, the first foreign weapons for the Revolution came from Spain in early 1775 as a result of a petition from the Congress of Massachusetts;

and WHEREAS,SpainopeneditsWHEREAS, Spain openedits portsto theContinental Navyships andUnitedStates privateers;

and PageWHEREAS,BernardodeGálvezwasamilitarycommanderandgovernorofSpanish 1Louisiana ofwho, 3like HLShis 26RS-389predecessor ORIGINALLuis HRde NO.Unzaga, continued to send supplies to the American rebels up the Mississippi river during the Revolutionary War;

7and WHEREAS,BernardodeGálvezwasamilitarycommanderandgovernorofSpanishPage Louisiana1 who,of like3 hisHR predecessorNO. Luis de Unzaga, continued to send supplies to the American rebels up the Mississippi river during the Revolutionary War;

and7 ENROLLED WHEREAS,deGálvezhadanarmyofSpanish,French,AfricanAmerican,Mexican, Cuban, Native American, and Anglo-American troops and led the effort of Spain against British possessions along the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, which both came under threat during a crucial point in the war;

and WHEREAS, otherHispanicindividualsotherHispanicindividualsfought fought in thetheRevolutionaryWar, RevolutionaryWar,includingincluding JorgeFarragutandMiguelYznardyinNorthCarolinaandSouthCarolina,alongwithothers who joined the ranks of the Continental Army and Navy;

and WHEREAS, the decisive victory at the battle of Yorktown, Virginia, was made possible by funds raised for Spanish authorities by Francisco de Saavedra and Hispanic peoplefromHavana,PuertoRico, andMexico;thesefundsaccountedforamonth ofwages Pagefor 2the ofContinental 3Army HLSand 26RS-389funded ORIGINALadditional HRFrench NO.reinforcements that joined the campaign;

7 for the Continental Army and fundedPage additional2 Frenchof reinforcements3 thatHR joinedNO. the campaign;

and7 ENROLLED WHEREAS, thousandsofHispanicsoldiersandsailorsfought onlandandseafrom the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, to the Caribbean and to Central America;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the LegislatureofLouisianadoesLegislatureofLouisianadoesherebycommendthepivotal herebycommend thepivotal contributions madebyBernardomade byBernardo de Gálvez and many other Hispanic people during the American Revolution;

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HR 7 Original 2026 Regular Session Bayham CommendsthepivotalcontributionsmadebyBernardodeGálvezandotherHispanicpeople during the American Revolution.

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