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What texas town is named after the valiant commander of the new spanish forces?

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Galveston, Texas ( I live 10 minutes away)
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The answer is Galveston, Texas.

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Galveston is a city in the US state of Texas, located northwest of the Gulf of Mexico. It owes its name to its founder, Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, who was a Spanish governor of Louisiana and an active participant in the US war of independence with the continental side of George Washington. In the 1780s, the troops of the Spanish governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez, staged an attack on the British forts, facilitating the US independence from England, where they then temporarily occupied the city and renamed Galveston.

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