Spanish America Patriots Contribution to the American Revolution from New Mexico

My DAR proven Spanish America Patriots = Juan Cristoval Montes Vigil & Jose Antonio Griego

Conquistador, Cabellero, Soldier & Alcade/Mayor of Taos

via my maternal heritage - Mother Georgia Lucero Dziurzynski

Grandpa Abelino/Avelino Lucero's paternal line = Vigil to Montes Vigil 

& Grandpa Abelino/Avelino Lucero's maternal line = Lucero to Griego

Related documentary videos w/ my input:

Nuestra Historia: Hispanic Daughters of the American Revolution National Hispanic Culture Center Summer 2025

New Mexico’s contributions to the American Revolution KOAT TV interview Summer 2026

NM DAR Roadrunner Newsletter Spring 2026

Community Outreach - DAR: 

Lew Wallace Elementary School Legacy Grant Honoring America 250! Oct 2026 &, NM Flag Dedication May 2025

 

Related History Videos:

Why Spain Joined the American Revolution Against the British | PBS - YouTube

Spain’s Secret Alliance: Revolution’s Game Changer

1779 Spain Enters the American Revolution - YouTube

Somos Primos, original research:

SOMOS PRIMOS: Spanish Patriots in the American Revolution

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Also via my Maternal lineage = Georgia Lucero Dziurzynski to my Grandmother Carlota Archuleta Lucero

back to Abran Archuleta & *Emilia Duran to conquistador mustered as: Asensio de Arechuleta, son of Juanes de Arechulta, native of Ybar, of medium stature, black bearded, a small scar on his forehead, 26 years of age with his arms. 8 January 1598 - [Onate Colonizer of New Mexico, Vol I, pg. 293] Verified by Henrietta Martinez Christmas.

El Morro National Monument, NM

El Morro National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

My Grandmother Carlota Archuleta Lucero's mother, *Emilia Duran, traces to Jaramillo & Trujillo then back to Antonia Garcia, b. ca. 1740 with Native American ancestry, thus, we have Genizaro lineage as well. [Validated mtDNA heritage project by NMGS Spring 2024]

Code Talkers & Service in American History

 Presidential Archive President Bush Honors Navajo Code Talkers

Navajo Code Talkers honored

"Semper Fidelis, Code Talkers" | National Archives

Chapter 7: Recognition - Native Words, Native Warriors - National Museum of the American Indian

DAR Projects 2023-2025, American History Chair, Lew Wallace Chapter, Albuquerque, NM

 

Fall 2024 - Spring 2025

 February-March 2025, Lew Wallace Chapter & State Student Winners, (new) Video Category

 

 Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 5th grade Literacy American History Essay Project

Lew Wallace Chapter Winners 5th & 8th grades, State Winner 8th grade