Did you know
- The Spanish founded the State of South Carolina in 1526.
- The burglar alarm was patented by Albert Silva in 1875.
- Hispanics introduced the cowboy and his hat, boots, lassoes, chaps, spurs, saddle,
cattle, rodeos, ranches and even the horse to the North American continent.
- The $ symbol was taken from the pillars of the Spanish Imperial Coat of Arms and that in
1775 the United States adopted the "Spanish Dollar" as the basic monetary system
- Alfonso Alvarez Blade invented the Safety Razor in 1911.
- San Augustin, founded by Pedro Mendez de Avilles, was the first city in the U.S in 1565.
- The Spanish founded the first free integrated public school in San Augustine, Florida,
in September 1787.
- Rita Moreno is the only entertainer to have won the Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Awards.