María de los Remedios de Escalada y La Quintana, commonly known as Remedios de Escalada, was the wife of the leader of the Argentine War of Independence, General José de San Martín.
Portrait of Escalada by Jean André Charles Durand
Replica of the banner designed by Sñra. San Martín for the Army of the Andes; it was later made the official flag of Mendoza Province.
Recoleta tomb of Sñra. San Martín
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The Army of the Andes was a military force created by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and assembled by General José de San Martín as part of his campaign to liberate Chile from the Spanish
María de los Remedios de Escalada
…Martín's August 10, 1814, appointment as Governor of Mendoza Province. Remedios collaborated in her husband's subsequent efforts to organize and fund the Army of the Andes, and on October 10, 1815, she presented the military leader with a collection of jewelry donated by Mendoza's high society (as well as her own) as a…
The Army of the Andes leaving the Plumerillo camp, Museo Histórico Nacional, Buenos Aires.
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Army of the Andes Monument in Mendoza