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| "Que Bonita Bandera" by Florencio Morales Ramos (Ramito)] here | |
| Juan Antonio Corretjer and Roy Brown's interpretation of "Boricua en la Luna" here | |
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| "Yo Soy Boricua" interpreted by various artists here | |
| "Musica Patriotica de Puerto Rico" interpreted by various artists here |
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History of Hispanics in the USMC
1. Go to: Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps
Developed the seed that would eventually produce
the Tanguis cotton in Peru and
save that nation's cotton industry
2. Go to: Fermín Tangüis
Activist and editor of "Somos Primos"
3. Go to: Mimi Lozano
The first Puerto Rican to be elected to public office
in the continental United States.
4. Go to: Oscar Garcia Rivera
Helped pave the way for
Puerto Ricans to be given United States citizenship
5. Go to: Isabel Gonzalez
The story of the great Puerto Rican mind
6. Go to: Puerto Rican scientists and inventors
Jewish history in Puerto Rico
7. Go to: Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico
Chinese history in Puerto Rico
8. Go to: Chinese immigration to Puerto Rico
Jewish-Puerto Rican author
9. Go to: Micol Ostow
Famous Puerto Rican artist
10. Go to: Ramon Frade
Industrialist co-founder of Cerveceria India
11. Go to: Alfonso Valdes Cobian
President and CEO of Cerveceria India
12. Go to: Camalia Valdés
Led the battle for U.S. citizenship
for Puerto Ricans living in Hawaii
13. Go to: Manuel Olivieri Sanchez
The first Puerto Rican-born player
to ever to play for the Harlem Globetrotters
14. Go to: Orlando Melendez
The first Hispanic and the first non-black
to play for the Harlem Globetrotters in 52 years
15. Go to: Orlando Antigua
the President and CEO of Empresas Fonalledas Inc.,
which owns Plaza Las Americas, the largest shopping mall in the Caribbean and
one of the top retail and entertainment venues in the world.
16. Go to: Jaime Fonalledas
The First Puerto Rican to become a pilot
(Feb. 23, 2009 version)
17. Go to: Felix Rigau Carrera
Pioneer in Puerto Rico’s radio and
television broadcasting industry.
He was the founder of Puerto Rico’s television Channel 11 (Tele Once)
18. Go to: Rafael Perez Perry
Nationalist revolt of October 30, 1950 in Utuado
19. Go to: Utuado Uprising
Nationalist revolt of October 30, 1950
and attack of "La Fortaleza"
20. Go to: San Juan Uprising
Co-founder of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard
21. Go to: Brigadier General Alberto A. Nido
Father of Mycology in Puerto Rico
22. Go to: Carlos E. Chardón
Second and last major revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Puerto Rico
23. Go to: Intentona de Yauco
Planned and led the "Intentona de Yauco",
the second and last major revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Puerto Rico
24. Go to: Antonio Mattei Lluberas
The first Hispanic of Puerto Rican descent to become
the Deputy Commanding General for the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo, Cuba
while simultaneously serving as Assistant Adjutant General (Army) and
Deputy Commanding General of the Joint Force Headquarters at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
25. Go to: Brigadier General Rafael O’Ferrall
Puerto Rican participation in WWI
26. Go to: Puerto Ricans in World War I
Puerto Rican participation the Vietnam War
27. Go to: Puerto Ricans in the Vietnam War
A highly decorated former New York City police officer and author
whose books give an insight as to the corruption within the department.
28. Go to: Joe Sánchez
Space Physicist and author, who played an instrumental role in the implementation
of a hands-on science program in elementary and
middle grades Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.
29. Go to: Dr. Ramon E. Lopez
The only Hispanic among the first six airmen
to be awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal.
30. Go to: Chief Master Sergeant Ramon Colon-Lopez
The first Latina president of The American Public Health Association.
31. Go to: Helen Rodriguez-Trias
"Founder of Choir of the University of Puerto Rico"
32. Go to: Augusto Rodríguez
"Historian and author"
33. Go to: Dr. Delma S. Arrigoitia
"The first institution in the US and its territories
dedicated to the preparation of physicians
on the causes and prevention of tropical deseases"
34. Go to: School of Tropical Medicine
"The first woman and first Hispanic West Point graduate
to serve as an academic department head in the Academy’s 210-year history"
35. Go to: Colonel Maritza Sáenz Ryan
"García Palmieri is the first Hispanic
to have the distinction of being designated a "Master" by the American College of Cardiology"
36. Go to: Dr. Mario R. García Palmieri
"Lozada was the first female police officer
killed in action in New York City."
37. Go to: Irma Lozada
"poet and Puerto Rico independence movement leader"
38. Go to: Dr. José Gualberto Padilla
"A Mexican-American, who was the first Hispanic to reach the rank of General
in the United States Union Army.
He served in the American Civil War"
39. Go to: Brigadier General Diego Archuleta
"Military Base in Puerto Rico"
(1908 - 1946)
Home to the "Porto Rico Regiment"
a segregated Regiment.
40. Go to: Camp Las Casas
"Poet, writer, journalist and
advocate of Puerto Rican Independence"
41. Go to: Isabel Freire de Matos
"Poet, writer, and co-founder of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.
He is the father of Ricardo Alegría"
42. Go to: José S. Alegría
"Politician, journalist, medical doctor and lawyer.
He was the sole opposer of "Puerto Rico's Gag Law"
43. Go to: Leopoldo Figueroa
"Established the first ever U.S. Central Command Headquarters in Qatar."
44. Go to: Colonel Evelio Otero, Jr.
"Colón Sánchez was the first Hispanic woman elected to the Connecticut General Assembly."
45. Go to: Maria Colón Sánchez
"Custodio is the first Latina U.S. military pilot
and the first Latina Captain of a Commercial Airline"
46. Go to: Leiutenant Colonel Olga E. Custodio
"Sierra Sastre is one of six people and the only Hispanic selected by NASA to live four months.
in a isolated planetary module that will simulate what life
will be like for astronuats at a future base on Mars"
47. Go to: Dr. Yajaria Sierra Sastre
"In September 11, 2001, Sasseville was the acting operations group commander
under the 113th Wing of the DC Air National Guard.
and one of four pilots given the suicide mission of finding United Flight 93 and destroying it."
48. Go to: Brigadier General Marc H. Sasseville
"USMC officer who commanded the 1st Battalion 9th Marines
during the Bougainville amphibious operations in World War II."
49. Go to: Colonel Jaime Sabater, Sr.
"Dr. Del Castillo is the recipient of the PECASE award,
the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on
scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers."
50. Go to: Dr. Carlos Del Castillo
"This is a list of Puerto Rican recipients"
51. Go to: List of Puerto Rican Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
"Cordero was an author who documented his experiences
as a prisoner of war and his participation in the infamous Bataan Death March of World War II. "
52. Go to: Brigadier General Virgilio N. Cordero, Jr.
"This is a list of historic properties,
with images, of Glendale, Arizona."
53. Go to: List of historic properties in Glendale, Arizona
"Celestina Cordero founded the first school for girls Puerto Rico."
54. Go to: Celestina Cordero
"Indian Mesa and Hohokam ruins."
55. Go to: Indian Mesa
"Pioneer and Military Memorial Park and The Smurthwaite House."
56. Go to: Pioneer and Military Memorial Park
"Historic cemetery in Tempe, Az."
57. Go to: Double Butte Cemetery
"A list of salvaged artifacts of the
USS Arizona."
58. Go to: USS Arizona salvaged artifacts
"Listing of the historic and prehistoric properties in Phoenix"
59. Go to: Phoenix Historic Property Register
"This is a list of historic properties,
with images, of Peoria, Arizona."
60. Go to: List of historic properties in Peoria, Arizona
"This is a list of historic properties,
with images, of Scottsdale, Arizona."
61. Go to: List of historic properties in Scottsdale, Arizona
"This is a list of Googie architecture structures in the United States"
62. Go to: List of Googie architecture structures (United States)
"A museuem that has 30 historic original and reconstructed buildings
from the 1880s and early 1900s on its 90-acre property."
63. Go to: Pioneer Living History Museum
"This is a list of historic properties,
with images, of Flagstaff, Arizona."
64. Go to: List of historic properties in Flagstaff, Arizona
"The first native-born Puerto Rican to become
a district leader of a major political party in New York City."
65. Go to: Tony Méndez
"A Puerto Rican Nationalist Party member who assassinated Elisha Francis Riggs,
the United States appointed police chief of Puerto Rico. ."
66. Go to: Elías Beauchamp
"This is a list of historic properties,
with images, of Buckeye, Arizona."
67. Go to: List of historic properties in Buckeye, Arizona
"Historic Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery"
68. Go to: Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery
"Historic City of Mesa Cemetery"
69. Go to: City of Mesa Cemetery
"The first African-American doctor in Phoenix, Arizona"
70. Go to: Dr. Winston C. Hackett
"Phoenix's first Hispanic city councilman"
and Vice-Mayor
71. Go to: Adam Perez Diaz
Historic properties in Mayer, Arizona
72. Go to: List of historic properties in Mayer, Arizona
"This is a list of Googie architecture structures in Canada"
73. Go to: List of Googie architecture structures (Canada)
Historic properties in Parker, Arizona
74. Go to: List of historic properties in Parker, Arizona'
Founder of Florence, Arizona
75. Go to: Levi Ruggles'
Historic properties in Cottonwood, Arizona
76. Go to: List of historic properties in Cottonwood, Arizona'
Historic properties in Yuma, Arizona
77. Go to: List of historic properties in Yuma, Arizona'
Historic Ruins, cave and bridge in Two Guns, Arizona
78. Go to: List of historic properties in Two Guns, Arizona'
Historic structures and artifacts in Tucson, Arizona
79. Go to: List of historic properties in Tucson, Arizona'
Historic structures monuments and plaques in Dateland and its surrounding areas
80. Go to: List of historic properties in Dateland, Arizona'
Historic structures in Superior
81. Go to: List of historic properties in Superior, Arizona
Known as the Sleeping Bride Cemetery
82. Go to: Home Mission Cemetery
Historic structures in New River
83. Go to: List of historic properties in New River, Arizona
Home of one of the largest Commemorative Air Force units in the world
84. Go to: Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum
The house which once belonged to Richard Elihu Sloan
the 17th and last territorial governor of Arizona.
85. Go to: Sloan House (Prescott, Arizona)
Historic Monroe School in Phoenix, Az.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
It now houses the Children's Museum of Phoenix
86. Go to: Monroe School
Historic structures in Safford
87. Go to: List of historic properties in Safford, Arizona
Historic structures in Oracle
88. Go to: List of historic properties in Oracle, Arizona
Historic structures in the town of Patagonia
89. Go to: List of historic properties in Patagonia, Arizona
Historic structures and markers with images in the town of Eagar
90. Go to: Historic Structures and Markers in Eagar, Arizona
Historic structures and Route 66 with images of the town of Ash Fork
91. Go to: Historic Structures in Ash Fork and Route 66 of Arizona
Historic structures and markers with images in Fort McDowell
92. Go to: Historic Fort McDowell, Arizona
Historic structures with images in Grand Canyon Village
93. Go to: Historic Structures in Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
Historic structures and properties with images in Pine-Strawberry
94. Go to: List of historic properties in Pine-Strawberry, Arizona
Historic structures and properties with images in Tubac
95. Go to: List of historic properties in Tubac, Arizona
Historic structures and properties with images in Clifton
96. Go to: List of historic properties in Clifton, Arizona
Abandoned structures and properties with images in Hayden
a mining town in Arizona
97. Go to: List of abandoned properties in Hayden, Arizona