Get to Know Bernardo de Gálvez

Bernardo de Gálvez was a Spanish general who played a key role in the American Revolution. Without him, the patriots would not have won the war—or at the very least, it would have taken them a much longer time to do so. That’s a fact! His role was so important that on a wall of the Capitol—the seat of the U.S. Congress—there is a portrait of him, and he was even granted honorary United States citizenship by President Barack Obama not long ago. Would you like to get to know Gálvez? Open this book and start reading!