Valiant Spaniards of the Revolutionary War

ON THE OCCASION OF THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PLAQUE WAS DEDICATED HERE BY HIS MAJESTY JUAN CARLOS I KING OF SPAIN ON 5 JUNE 1976 IN HONOR OF HIS COUNTRY'S VALIANT SONS WHO FOUGHT, SUFFERED, AND DIED FOR THE CAUSE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1779-1783 AND WHOSE ASHES REST PEACEFULLY ON BROOKLYN SOIL. IT WAS PROCLAIMED THAT SPAIN RECALLED WITH PRIDE THE SACRIFICES OF THE 126 MEN WHOSE NAMES ARE KNOWN AND OF THE MANY OTHERS WHOSE IDENTITY IS LOST TO MEMORY BUT NOT TO THE TRIBUTE OF HISTORY.