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Episode Description
In this episode of America’s Founding Series, Professor Nick Giordano uncovers the forgotten story of Bernardo de Gálvez, the young Spanish governor whose daring courage and decisive victories helped secure American independence. From smuggling supplies to Washington’s army, to leading Spain’s lightning campaigns across the Gulf Coast, to his legendary cry of “Yo Solo!” at Pensacola, Gálvez’s heroism changed the course of the Revolution. Discover how a foreign ally, often left out of the textbooks, became one of the unsung architects of America’s freedom.
Episode Highlights
- How Gálvez defied Spain’s cautious neutrality to secretly funnel weapons, gunpowder, and supplies to the Continental Army.
- The bold Gulf Coast campaigns like Baton Rouge, Natchez, Mobile, and the decisive Siege of Pensacola that crippled British power.
- The legacy of “Yo Solo” and why Gálvez’s portrait hangs in the U.S. Capitol as a foreign hero of American independence.
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