Interestingly enough, I read an article in our local (Albuquerque) paper about a couple of New Mexican women who had been made members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (for our friends beyond the borders, the DAR is traditionally an organization that raises the hackles of anyone to the left of, say, Margaret Thatcher). Seems their ancestors, members of the Spanish Army garrison here in the 1780s, participated in a semi-voluntary contribution to the American revolutionary coffers. Inclusion is a wonderful thing...happy birthday to us (and US).