General Antonio López de Santa Anna came to Staten Island with hopes of creating a rubber substitute, but things didn’t go as planned
Of all the modern conveniences, we might think of chewing gum — a variety of which can be found at any drugstore’s checkout counter — among the most mundane. But while chewing substances have a timeless place in history, our modern perception of gum can be traced back to a strange meeting of the minds in Staten Island between a glassmaker and an exiled Mexican president desperate for funds.
led the Mexican army in the country’s fight for independence. He lost a leg in the Pastry War with France , but not before leading his country’s troops to capture the Alamo garrison and bayonet any surviving Texan prisoners of war afterwards. A historically controversial character, Santa Anna served as Mexico’s eighth president, returning to office, more often as a dictator than a democratically elected leader.
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