Puerta de Tierra in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States / 33er Presidente de los Estados Unidos
— 1945-1953 —
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 8, 2022
1. Harry S. Truman Marker
Inscription.
Prior to assuming the presidency upon death Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, President Truman served ten years as the U.S. Senator of Missouri and less than four months as Vice President of the United States. During his two terms in office, he lived through the end of world war two, ordered the use of nuclear weapons against Japan, faced the Korean War, endorsed the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, ushered the desegregation of the armed forces, and witnessed both the founding of the United Nations and the birth of the Cold War. He also acknowledged the new states of Israel and Pakistan., In 1945 President Truman addressed Congress with a special message concerning the self-determination of people of Puerto Rico regarding their political status. He named Jesús T. Piñero as the first Puerto Rican to hold the office of governor, and signed the law calling for all future governors to be elected by the people of Puerto Rico as well as the Act 600 that allowed Puerto Ricans to write and approve, by referendum, their own constitution., President Truman visited Puerto Rico on February 21, 1948. ,
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Prior to assuming the presidency upon death Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, President Truman served ten years as the U.S. Senator of Missouri and less than four months as Vice President of the United States. During his two terms in office, he lived through the end of WW II, ordered the use of nuclear weapons against Japan, faced the Korean War, endorsed the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, ushered the desegregation of the armed forces, and witnessed both the founding of the United Nations and the birth of the Cold War. He also acknowledged the new states of Israel and Pakistan.
In 1945 President Truman addressed Congress with a special message concerning the self-determination of people of Puerto Rico regarding their political status. He named Jesús T. Piñero as the first Puerto Rican to hold the office of governor, and signed the law calling for all future governors to be elected by the people of Puerto Rico as well as the Act 600 that allowed Puerto Ricans to write and approve, by referendum, their own constitution.
President Truman visited Puerto Rico on February 21, 1948.
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a asumir la presidencia, al fallecer Franklin D. Roosevelt, en 1945, el Presidente Truman sirvió 10 años como Senador del Estado de Missouri y menos de cuatro meses como Vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos. Durante los dos términos que ocupó el cargo, vivió el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ordenó el uso de armas nucleares contra Japón, fue testigo de la fundación de las Naciones Unidas, encaró la Guerra de Corea, apoyó el Plan Marshall para reconstruir a Europa, dio paso a la desegregación de las fuerzas armadas, y vió surgir la Guerra Fria. Además, reconoció los nuevos estados de Israel y Pakistán.
En 1945 dirigió un mensaje especial al Congreso sobre la autodeterminación del pueblo de Puerto Rico en cuanto a la definición de su "status" político nombró a Jesús T. Piñero como primer gobernador puertorriqueño, firmó la ley del gobernador electivo para el país al igual que la ley 600, la cual permitió a los puertorriqueños celebrar una asamblea constituyente para redactar y luego aprobar, por referendom, su propia constitución.
El Presidente Truman visitó a Puerto Rico el 21 de Febrero de 1948.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 8, 2022
2. Harry S. Truman Marker
Featured marker is behind left statue.
18° 27.971′ N, 66° 6.357′ W. Marker is in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is in Puerta de Tierra. Marker is on Avenida de la Constitución/Constitution Avenue (State Highway 25/26) west of C.Reverendo Gerardo Dávila/Rev. Gerardo Dávila St., on the right when traveling east. Marker is in the Walkway of the Presidents across the street from the Puerto Rican capitol. Avenida de la Constitución (Constitution Avenue) is one-way eastbound. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Juan PR 00901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
