Lecture Series: Unknown Florida in the American Revolution

The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum in St. Augustine, Florida, is hosting a lecture series about some of the people wholived in Florida and the impact they had on the American Revolution. 

The link to the article is below.

https://www.visitstaugustine.com/event/unknown-florida-american-revolution

Canary Islands Army Educational Awards

The Spanish Army is hosting a contest titled “250th Anniversary of the Spanish Military Contribution
to the Independence of the United States of America.” It’s open to all schools in the Canary Islands. 
Entries can be in the form of written texts or creative projects such as models,
dioramas, videos, drawings, paintings, or photographs. 

The link to the article is below.

https://tenerifeweekly.com/2026/01/11/deadline-approaching-for-submissions-to-the-2026-army-educational-awards/

USS Gálvez Among Ships Canceled

There have been several changes to the U.S. Navy’s ship building program.  Among them,
unfortunately for us, has been the cancelation of the ship named for Bernardo de Gálvez.

The link to the article is below.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-12-29/trump-class-battleship-busy-yearnaming-ships-20240798.html

A Facebook Post on Descendants of Revolutionary War Patriots

In January, a lady by the name of Judith Lepoma posted on Facebook about Gálvez
and two of her ancestors who served under him; Jacque Mathurin and Nicolas Carceaux. 

See the link below.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/437067973791773/posts/2090196175145603/