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giuseppe garibaldi: the red gaucho

Why the Red Gaucho?. Ever wonder why liberals, socialists, and communists are associated with the color red?Just sit back and let me tell you a wonderful story.. Garibaldi - the Hero. Pictured is the Garibaldi Monument in Washington Square Park, New York City.Garibaldi was offered command of the Union Army by a disparate Abraham Lincoln in 1862. Why?.

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giuseppe garibaldi: the red gaucho

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    1. Giuseppe Garibaldi:The Red Gaucho HIST 230: Modern Latin America

    2. Why the Red Gaucho? Ever wonder why liberals, socialists, and communists are associated with the color red? Just sit back and let me tell you a wonderful story.

    3. Garibaldi - the Hero Pictured is the Garibaldi Monument in Washington Square Park, New York City. Garibaldi was offered command of the Union Army by a disparate Abraham Lincoln in 1862. Why?

    4. Beginning at the End Giuseppe Garibaldi is known as the Hero of the Risorgimento, the unification of Italy in the 1860s (because): Italy was united in 1861 with the capitulation of the Papal States (after): Garibaldi led an army of volunteers, the Thousand, in an invasion of Italy, wearing red shirts. After conquering Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples, Garibaldi handed over southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia-Piedemonte.

    7. The Story of the Red Shirts During the fight for Uruguayan independence, Garibaldi purchased in bulk red shirts which had been made for butchers in Argentina. The red shirts were issued as a military uniform to identify friendly combatants and to make anyone who fled from the battle stand out.

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