Puerta de Tierra in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States / 26to Presidente de los Estados Unidos
— 1901 - 1909 —
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 8, 2022
1. Theodore Roosevelt Marker
Inscription.
Prior to being sworn in, President Roosevelt had already served as vice president, governor of New York, assistant secretary of the navy and president of the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of New York. President Roosevelt's achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author and soldier rival those he reached as a politician and statesman. A reformer, President Roosevelt fought against the power of the banking and industrial trusts, oversaw the building of the Panama Canal, won the Nobel Peace Prize for having brokered the peace agreement in the Russo-Japanese War and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in battle as a colonel in the Spanish-American War., President Roosevelt arrived at Ponce, Puerto Rico on November 21, 1906, eager to know of its people, its flora, and its fauna. On December 11, 1906 he gave a special message to the legislative assembly of Puerto Rico, advocating US citizenship for all Puerto Ricans. He had El Yunque declared "The Luquillo Forestal Reserve". ,
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Prior to being sworn in, President Roosevelt had already served as vice president, governor of New York, assistant secretary of the navy and president of the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of New York. President Roosevelt's achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author and soldier rival those he reached as a politician and statesman. A reformer, President Roosevelt fought against the power of the banking and industrial trusts, oversaw the building of the Panama Canal, won the Nobel Peace Prize for having brokered the peace agreement in the Russo-Japanese War and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in battle as a colonel in the Spanish-American War.
President Roosevelt arrived at Ponce, Puerto Rico on November 21, 1906, eager to know of its people, its flora, and its fauna. On December 11, 1906 he gave a special message to the legislative assembly of Puerto Rico, advocating US citizenship for all Puerto Ricans. He had El Yunque declared "The Luquillo Forestal Reserve".
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Previo a ser juramentado, el Presidente Roosevelt ya había servido
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como vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos, gobernador de Nueva York, secretario asistente de la marina y presidente de la Junta de Comisionados de la policía de la ciudad de Nueva York. Los logros del Presidente Roosevelt como naturalista, explorador, cazador, autor y soldado rivalizan los alcanzados por él como político y hombre de estado. Un reformador, el Presidente Roosevelt luchó contra el poder de los emporios de la banca y la industria, supervisó la construcción del Canal de Panamá, obtuvo el Premio Nobel de la paz por haber mediado en el acuerdo de paz en la Guerra Ruso-Japonesa y mereció la Medalla de Honor del Congreso por su valor en el campo de batalla durante la Guerra Hispanoamericana.
El Presidente Roosevelt arribó a Ponce el 21 de Noviembre de 1906, ávido de conocer de su gente, su flora y su fauna. El 11 de diciembre dio un mensaje especial a la Asamblea Legislativa de Puerto Rico, abogando por la ciudadanía americana para los puertorriqueños Declaró al Yunque como "La Reserva Forestal de Luquillo".
Location. 18° 27.971′ N, 66° 6.369′ W. Marker is in
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 8, 2022
2. Theodore Roosevelt Marker
Featured marker is behind the right statue.
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 133 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
