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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EU2_casa-natal-de-don-ramon-power-y-giralt_San-Juan-San-Juan.html
En esta casa nació en 1775 Don Ramón Power y Giralt diputado por Puerto Rico y Primer Vicepresidente de las Cortes de Cádiz (1810-1813) donde logró importantes reformas sociales, políticas y económicas en defensa de los derechos de su patria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EU0_noel-estrada_San-Juan-San-Juan.html
En este lugar (antigua Barber?a Pi?ol) el compositor Noel Estrada ensay? por primera vez con el Tr?o Vegabaje?o la canci?n "En mi Viejo San Juan," grabada en 1946.
In this place (the former Barbershop Pi?ol) the composer Noel Estrada for the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14VU_national-historic-site_San-Juan-San-Juan.html
Here in San Juan are the oldest European type masonry fortifications in United States Territory. The historic site includes the Spanish built forts of El Morro, El Canuelo, San Cristobal, Casa Blanca and the old city walls. These structures date f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14SJ_the-heart-of-san-cristobal_San-Juan-San-Juan.html
You are standing in the heart of Castillo San Cristobal, its main plaza, or plaza de armas. Completed by 1797, it looked then much as you see it now. This plaza de armas witnessed the daily events of military life in a Spanish fortress for more th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14SI_three-flags_San-Juan-San-Juan.html
The National Park Service flys three flags over the fortifications at San Juan National Historic Site: the Burgundy Cross, the flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the flag of the United States of America. The Burgundy Cross was the Spanis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14SG_firepower_San-Juan-San-Juan.html
This deck housed San Cristobal's main cannon battery. In terms of firepower, it was the strongest of the fortification's defenses. If attackers got past defenses farther east, cannon from here would drive them back. Did Spanish troops ever fire in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14SF_what-about-water_San-Juan-San-Juan.html
On a small island surrounded by the sea, where would hundreds of soldiers get water to drink? They had to collect rainwater.
Most of Castillo San Cristobal's water was stored directly beneath your feet. The masonry cylinders in front of you encl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14SE_in-defense-of-san-juan_San-Juan-San-Juan.html
At this site you can sample a few of San Juan's historic fortifications. Features seen here date from the 1760's through the 1960's, the latter part of San Juan's military history. The concrete blocks scattered on the lawn were left by the U.S. Ar…