Installation of Plaque Honoring Diego de Gardoqui at Marblehead (Massachusetts)

Instalación de una placa en memoria de Diego de Gardoqui en Marblehead (Massachusetts)

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Patrocinada por Iberdrola, el pasado mes de enero quedó instalada una placa en
bronce, en memoria de Diego de Gardoqui. La placa, obra del taller del escultor
Salvador Amaya, se encuentra junto a la fachada principal de la histórica casa-museo
Jeremiah Lee Mansion en la localidad de Marblehead (Massachusetts)

‍https://marbleheadmuseum.org/properties/lee-mansion/

Lee y Elbridge Gerry fueron los socios norteamericanos del comerciante bilbaíno a
quien enviaron una petición de ayuda militar a finales del año 1774. Gardoqui remitió
300 fusiles y 600 pistolas españolas desde Bilbao en febrero de 1775, las primeras
armas extranjeras llegadas para la lucha por la independencia de los EE. UU.

With the sponsorship of Iberdrola, a bronze plaque honoring Diego de Gardoqui,
casted by sculptor Salvador Amaya’s studio has been installed last January. It has been
placed close to the main façade of the historic house-museum Jeremiah Lee Mansion
in Marblehead (Massachusetts)

https://marbleheadmuseum.org/properties/lee-
mansion/‍

Lee and Elbridge Gerry were the American merchants associates of Gardoqui, whom
they asked for military supplies at the end of the year 1774. Gardoqui sent 300 Spanish
rifles and 600 pistols from Bilbao in February 1775. They were the first foreign
weapons received in the fight for the independence of the U.S.