Dia de Don Juan: George Washington's Spanish Friend & Ally
Schedule
Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 02:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites | Somerville, NJ
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Don Juan de Miralles, Spanish representative from Cuba to the Continental Congress, traveled into New Jersey and visited George Washington’s headquarters at the Wallace House in May 1779.Celebrate “Dia de Don Juan” at Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage with a reading and discussion of the correspondence between George Washington and Don Juan de Miralles during the Revolutionary War.
Spanish and Hispanic history advocate Teresa Valcarce joins and offers remarks on efforts to preserve and share Spanish and Hispanic contributions to United States and the American Revolution.
Answer the Call for Action of Two Lights for Tomorrow and consider bringing a donation of supplies needed for the Food Bank Network of Somerset County: https://www.somersetfoodbank.org/about/give-supplies/
🔥🔥 Two Lights for Tomorrow is a nationwide initiative to commence the celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States of America. The famous ride of Paul Revere occurred on the overnight of April 18 – 19, 1775. Two Lights for Tomorrow commemorates that famous ride and uses the imagery of that shining light today as a uniting call to action for our citizens to celebrate and serve.
⭐ Revolution NJ is New Jersey’s official observance of the 250th anniversaries of New Jersey’s first Constitution July 2, 2026 and the American Revolution in New Jersey from 2024 – 2033.
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Where is it happening?
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites, 77 Somerset St, Somerville, NJ 08876-2812, United States,Somerville, New JerseyEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
