Entry of De Vargas, Santa Fe Fiesta

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Stock #:555620
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Santa Fe
State: New Mexico (NM)
County: Santa Fe
Artist: Gerald Cassidy
Publisher: Fred Harvey
Postmark: 1926 Feb-15
Postmark State: CA
Stamp: 2c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Entry of De Vargas, Santa Fe Fiesta From a painting by Gerald Cassidy. In 1693 General Don Diego De Vargas re-conquered the Indians in New Mexico and entered the capital city restoring Spanish sovereignty in the South west. In 1712, the Governor ordered that this event be celebrated each year throughout the province. In the Fiesta pageant portraying the history of New Mexico. The entry of De Vargas and his army is re-enacted just as it occured in 1693
C. T. American Art

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