Galveston, Texas
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Uploaded by NoAlGenocidio on Aug 17, 2009
Galveston, Texas, a most beautiful city named after the Spanish General Don Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston, Count of Gálvez and Hero of the American Revolution.
Gálvez carried out a masterful military campaign and defeated the British colonial forces at Manchac, Baton Rouge, and Natchez in 1779. The Battle of Baton Rouge on September 21, 1779 freed the lower Mississippi Valley of British forces and relieved the threat to the capital of Louisiana, New Orleans. In 1780, he recaptured Mobile from the British at the Battle of Fort Charlotte.
His most important military victory over the British forces occurred May 9, 1781, when he attacked and took by land and by sea Pensacola, the British (and formerly, Spanish) capital of West Florida from General John Campbell of Strachur. The loss of Mobile and Pensacola left the British with no bases in the Gulf of Mexico, except for Jamaica. In 1782, he captured the British naval base at New Providence in the Bahamas. American historians agree that this victory at Pensacola was the decisive factor that ultimately won the War for Independence, which ended only 6 months later with the Battle of Yorktown.
In recognition of his work and help to the American cause, George Washington took him to his right in the parade of July 4th and the American Congress cited Gálvez for his aid during the Revolution.
In 1900, the island was struck by a devastating hurricane. Even considering post-Hurricane Katrina, this event holds the record as the United States' deadliest natural disaster. The city was devastated, and an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 people on the island were killed. Despite attempts to draw new investment to the city after the hurricane, Galveston never fully returned to its previous levels of national importance or prosperity.
Hurricane Ike made landfall on Galveston Island in the early morning of September 13, 2008 as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 110 miles per hour.
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@improv777 It looks so beautiful in Galveston!
mia0899cs 1 day ago
lol for one thing your on the other end of the island from me. I saw you thoe lol at Jack in the box on the seawall , lmao lol at the way you looked, but you always look good. I will pm you.
improv777 4 days ago
Hey NoA, great video. See you around... :) love you.
improv777 5 days ago