Living Laredo out exploring our history at our local Republic of the Rio Grand Museum!
Amazing artifacts, stories, and more as we explore The Republic of the Rio Grand Museum
Tejano Talks 33 - Republic of the Rio Grande - (2017)
We are all familiar with the flags of the six independent nations that have flown and waved in the wind over Texas.
But history shows there was a seventh flag – the flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande.
The Republic of the Rio Grande was a short-lived independent nation that formed in northern Mexico and South Texas in 1840.
Antonio Canales, a Federalist legislator from Guerrero, spoke out against the Centralist government of Mexico in November 1838, calling for the formation of a republic to oppose Mexico.
The always independently spirited people of Laredo followed suit in early 1839 with their own “pronunciamento” that was accompanied by a fiesta that lasted into the wee hours of the morning.
Canales was named commander of the Army of the Republic of the Rio Grande. Most of South Texas fell within the borders of the fledgling republic.
Laredo was named is capital. A building adjacent to what is now La Posada hotel in the historic San Agustin downtown area of Laredo served as the capitol. It has been restored and serves as a museum open to the public.
The Republic of the Rio Grande’s army was composed mainly of large landowners and their vaqueros from northeast Mexico and South Texas. Canales was joined by legendary freedom fighter Antonio Zapata, a charismatic “mulatto (of African and Indian blood)” from Guerrero.
Captain Jose Maria Benavides, a three-term mayor of Revilla and captain of the garrison there, joined the Republic of the Rio Grande. Benavides was from the Hebbronville area and his descendants Isidro B. Gutierrez and Marta Gutierrez sill live in the area.
The Federalists soon gained the advantage and the Republic of the Rio Grande troops fled north. Some of them hid in Fort Lipantitlan located in northwest Nueces Count.
Zapata was captured and chose death. Canales was captured and surrendered and soon the Republic of the Rio Grande’s uprising was over. But for a short while, a seventh flag flew over parts of Texas. The rebellion lasted from January 17 to November 6, 1840.
A state historical marker stands in front of the museum located in San Agustin Plaza in Laredo proclaiming it the capitol building of the ill-fated republic.
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Laredo, Texas (USA) - History and Facts
Laredo (/l É Ë r eɪ d oÊ / lÉ-RAY -doh; Spanish: [laËɾeðo] ) is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Texas Tried to Secede from Itself. The Republic of the Rio Grande Explained for Non-Texans
In the early days after the Mexican revolution, something uniquely Texan happened in Texas: it tried to become indendent from itself!
from wikipedia: The Republic of the Rio Grande (Spanish: República del Río Grande) was an independent nation that insurgents against the Central Mexican Government sought to establish in northern Mexico. The rebellion lasted from January 17 to November 6, 1840 and the Republic of the Rio Grande was never officially recognized.
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LAREDO TEXAS EN EL AÑO DE 1946
1946 Laredo -- United States
Laredo (United States) (1946): Road from San Antonio to Laredo, downtown Laredo, bridge to Mexico, border customs check, burro wagon with passengers -- SILENT FILM CLIP
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Laredo, Texas
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Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,191, making it the tenth-most populous city in the state of Texas and third-most populated on the Mexican border, after San Diego, California, and El Paso, Texas.Its metropolitan area is the 178th-largest in the US and includes all of Webb County, with a population of 250,304.Laredo is also part of the cross-border Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area with an estimated population of 636,516.
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Republica del Río Grande (Himno y Bandera) / Republic of Río Grande (Anthem and Flag)
La Revolución Federalista de las villas del Norte
En el paraje Lagunitas de la Jurisdicción de Reynosa, el 3 de noviembre de 1836, una reunión con delegados de diversas villas se pronunciaron por el retorno del federalismo, este mitin fue presidido por el Licenciado y General Antonio Canales Rosillo, otras versiones señalan que esta reunión se realizó en Laredo (ciudad en disputa entre Texas y Tamaulipas) y que habría sido presidida por el Licenciado Jesús Cárdenas.
El relato oral de los reynosenses, indica que asistieron representantes de: Coahuila, Nuevo León y Tamaulipas, y que los tres estados declararon su independencia conjunta a fines de 1838, posteriormente organizaron un gobierno provisional, la mayoría de los autores desconocen la fecha exacta, sólo que fue en enero del siguiente año, una versión oral (en Nuevo Laredo) la precisa el 18 de enero de 1839 con Jesús Cárdenas como Presidente.
La Guerra de Nueve Meses
Antonio Canales y su ejército emprendieron campaña contra el Ejército Centralista de México, este último dirigido por el Gral. Mariano Arista. En marzo 24 al 25 de 1840, se enfrentaron ambos bandos en la batalla de Moral, Coahuila, donde Canales fue derrotado desastrosamente. Una comisión de Antonio Canales, se encontró con el General Centralista Arista en noviembre de 1840 para rendirse en Ciudad Camargo y los estados rebeldes se reincorporaron a México.
La Bandera de las tres estrellas
Con respecto a esta bandera, existen a lo menos tres versiones que no se diferencian mucho, la más popular la declara tricolor (rojo, blanco y negro), las estrellas están sobre un campo rojo; las tres estrellas representan los Estados Federados de Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, y Coahuila. Pero la república, también reclamó Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua, y Nuevo México (éste aún era parte de México)
The Republic of the Rio Grande: Mexico Unexplained
For a brief time an independent nation existed between Mexico and Texas.
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