The president of UD Las Palmas, Miguel Angel Ramirez, this July fulfilled one of the challenges of the agenda of promoting patronage through the memory of historical links. A delegation from the Canary Islands team led by its advisor Rafael Méndez, where the yellow entity explained its desire start a line of cooperation in the field of sports.
San Antonio, Texas is the only one American city founded by canaries where the yellow team did not establish an agenda. This 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of its founding by the islanders of Montevideo, and with which UD Las Palmas has had a historic relationship for its 75 years of existence.
The Canarian team entered the US in this way as the French economic intelligence does: in culture and sport. In the medium term there will be projects that will generate the confidence and discipline needed to combine a twin between two territories.
Las Palmas Atlantic Union. The ties that bind San Antonio, Texas (a metropolitan area of more than six million inhabitants) date back to 1731, the year it was founded by Canarian families and, for this reason, it is now twinned with Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The creation of Texas. The origin of this foundation comes from two historical events: on the one hand, the Archipelago Canario suffered a spectacular migration to America in the 18th century, as a result of the poor harvest and the sharp decline in wine sales. On the other hand, at the same time, King Philip V was informed of the threat of a possible attack on Texas from French Louisiana.
Combine these two facts: had to emigrate because of the crisis and go to that area of San Antonio in the face of the threat of French invasionencouraged ten Canarian families – 7 from Lanzarote, one from La Palma, one from Tenerife and one family and one single man from Gran Canaria – to embark on a journey that lasted almost a year.
They left the Canary Islands on March 27, 1730.. They arrived in Cuba on May 10, with rough seas and wrecks along the way. In July they headed to Veracruz. At that time, the rumor of a possible French invasion was dismissed, but the Canarian families were already in Veracruz, so their journey by land to San Antonio was fixed. despite the dangers and hardships they face and experience…they finally arrived at the prison of San Antonio after 8 months of caravan and almost a year since they left Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The city is located between the San Antonio River and the San Pedro Arroyo and five missions have settled there. The the city was founded between the Alamo mission and the presidio of San Antonio, with a municipal government called the Cabildo, on August 1, 1731. Captain Almazán summoned the Canarians for the constitution of the Cabildo, to be called the Cabildo de San Fernando de Texas, which was the first municipal government created all over Texas. Count The first Councilor and president of the Cabildo, the leader, from the beginning, of the Canary Islands expedition to San Antonio, was named Juan Leal..
And from the Canary Islands families of the 18th century, 300 years later, descendants and partners created the Canary Islands Descendants Association, an entity that promotes island culture in the American state and twinned the two provincial capitals of Canary in the 80s Association of Canarian Descendants of San Antonio, Texas It consists of some of the genetic heirs of the Canarian settlers and attached partners, among them the Canarian residents of the American state.
Source: La Verdad
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