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SUMMARY:Texas and the American Revolution - USA 250
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate USA 250 as Texas State Historian Dr. Richard McCaslin
  discusses how Spanish Coahuila y Tejas played a pivotal role in helping A
 merican patriots secure independence from Great Britian at 7:30 p.m. Thurs
 day\, June 11\, at 300 N. Allen Drive. \nA former Texas State Historical A
 ssociation professor of Texas history at the University of North Texas\, M
 cCaslin has written or edited twenty-two books\, including Tullis Award-wi
 nner Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville\, Texas\, October 18
 62 and Pulitzer nominee Lee in the Shadow of Washington . \nDr. McCaslin o
 bserves\, “Without the support of several nations—most notably France\, Sp
 ain\, and the Netherlands—the United States would never have won its indep
 endence from Great Britain. Gov. Bernardo de Gálvez of Spanish Louisiana\,
  an officer with experience in and support from Texas\, contributed to the
  patriot cause with a successful military campaign on the Gulf Coast that
  led the British to return Florida to Spain\, reversing a territorial loss
  of twenty years earlier.” \nSponsored by the Allen Public Library\, DAR B
 ernardo de Gálvez and Allen Quilters Guild\, the program is free. Call 214
 -509-4911 for more information.\nAllen Public Library\n300 N. Allen Dr.\nA
 llen\, TX 75002 United States\n
LOCATION:300 N. Allen Dr.\, Allen\, TX 75002
URL:http://allen.bubblelife.com/community/allen_calendar/library/35660962/k
 ey/3516447621/Texas_and_the_American_Revolution_-_USA_250
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