Puerta de Tierra in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)

Puerto Rico World War I Memorial / Monumento Puertorriqueño a la Primera Guerra Mundial

Puerto Rico World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 8, 2022

1. Puerto Rico World War I Memorial

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In memory of those who were killed in action or died in service from Porto Rico during the world war and to commemorate the part taken by the island in defense of the nation

A la memoria de los Puertorriqueños que dieron su vida en el campo de batalla o murieron en servicio durante la guerra mundial y para conmemorar la participacion de Pto. Rico en defensa de la nacion

Erected 1927.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 18° 27.971′ N, 66° 6.353′ W. Marker is in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is in Puerta de Tierra. Memorial is on Avenida de la Constitución (State Highway 25/26) west of Calle Reverendo Gerardo Dávila, on the right when traveling east. Memorial is located directly across the street from the Puerto Rican capitol building. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Juan PR 00901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Harry S. Truman (here, next to this marker); Franklin D. Roosevelt (a few steps from this marker); Dwight D. Eisenhower

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(a few steps from this marker); John F. Kennedy (a few steps from this marker); Herbert Hoover (within shouting distance of this marker); Lyndon B. Johnson (within shouting distance of this marker); Theodore Roosevelt (within shouting distance of this marker); Gerald R. Ford (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Juan.

Also see . . . Puerto Ricans in World War I. Although a Puerto Rico infantry regiment fired the first shots by the U.S. in World War I (against a German ship in San Juan Bay in March 1915), islanders initially were not allowed to fight in the war. Once they were, an estimated 236,000 Puerto Ricans in the island registered for the World War I draft. Of those, an estimated 18,000 served in the war. (Wikipedia) (Submitted on March 14, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 8, 2022

2. Puerto Rico World War I Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 211 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.