Bernardo de Gálvez (1746-1786) was the governor of the Spanish province of Louisiana during the American Revolution and supporting the American colonies' fight for independence. Gálvez provided supplies to the American colonists and forced the British out of west Florida. King Juan Carlos of Spain made a gift of this equestrian statue to the United States in 1976 in honor of the United States' bicentennial.
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