“We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. …. with the Governments who have declared their… Continue reading Monroe Doctrine 1823
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Santos Benavides, Texas Cavalry Captain, 1823
Latinx soldiers fought on both sides in America’s bloody the Civil War (1861 – 1865). Among the Confederate officers was Santos Benavides, born on November 1, 1823 in in Laredo, Texas. Benavides was the great-great- grandson of the founder of Laredo. Benavides was commissioned a captain in the Thirty-third Texas Cavalry and was the highest… Continue reading Santos Benavides, Texas Cavalry Captain, 1823