Moments in Time: Stories of New Mexico's History; New Mexico's Rough Riders

♪♪♪ Dr. Hutton: There's hardly a American military history than When war broke out with Spain in was the assistant secretary of department that he raise a

Calvary from all over the Texas. Roosevelt loved the had been a cowboy in North there. So he really wanted to southwest; the kind of men that field of battle. ♪♪♪ Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Rider story. 350 of the rough riders the largest contingent from any New Mexicans flocked to governor fight for not only the United the liberation of Cuba, but also flag for New Mexico.

♪♪♪ The railroad was vital of course Riders. And the railroad communities where all the men wonderful event occurred on the the oath. They went from here Antonio where the training took Theodore Roosevelt. When just goes crazy. These are wants. One of the most prominent was Captain Maximiliano Luna. the most prominent families in Sherriff of Valencia County.

legislator in the state served in the state legislature. a tough guy and he was one of captains of the Rough Riders. When the Rough Riders were sent were going to be left behind. Roosevelt and pleaded his case to go to Cuba. Luna felt that Hispanic families were loyal to blood ties to Spain meant could be counted on to form a of the United States. ♪♪♪ (bombs) ♪♪♪

Teddy Roosevelt leads that whooping and hollering and those their didon at the top on San planting an American flag that onto the world stage. And Teddy of the cowboys and the Indians hill out of an agrarian wild future that he is going to be president of the united states ♪♪♪ With the war over, the New Riders was so important for New Roosevelt off course is going to states so many of his Rough

going to take prominent government and in territorial set the stage to prove that once can be trusted that they really it's going to pave the way for ♪♪♪ It was right here in 1899 that a of then governor of New York first Rough Rider reunion. Then would come back to New Mexico to had such a sort of strong boys. And that glorious moment they had been a part of that history of the United States,