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Tercero in Ponce in Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
 

Jose Marti

 
 
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
1. Jose Marti Marker
Inscription.  
Patriota, ensayista y poeta cubano
Padre y libertador de Cuba
(1853 - 1895)

Su filosofia:
• La patria es agonía y deber.
• La patria e ara, no pedestal.
• Un pueblo no es la voluntad de un hombre sólo.
• La patría no es de nadie.
• Se es libre por ser hombre, con ser hombre traemos a la vida el principio de la liberad, y con ser inteligentes tenemos el deber de realizarla.
• Yo quiero que la ley primera de nuestra república sea el culto de los cubanos a la dignidad plena del hombre.

[English translation:]
Cuban patriot, essayist and poet
Father and liberator of Cuba
(1853 - 1895)

His philosophy:
• The homeland is agony and duty.
• The homeland is now and not a pedestal.
• A people is not the will of a single man.
• The homeland belongs to no one.
• One is free for being a man, with being a man we bring to life the principle of freedom, and with being intelligent we have the duty to carry it out.
• I want the first law of our republic to be that the people of Cuba have full human dignity.

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music •
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Location. 18° 0.773′ N, 66° 36.481′ W. Marker is in Ponce in Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is in Tercero. It is at the intersection of Calle Reina Isabel and Calle Isabel-Muñoz Rivera, on the left when traveling west on Calle Reina Isabel. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ponce PR 00732, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Southern Coastal Zone. Globally, it is one of the Greater Antilles on the Caribbean Sea, on in the Atlantic Ocean, in North America, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Luis Muñoz Marin (a few steps from this marker); Juan Pablo Duarte (a few steps from this marker); Simon Bolivar (a few steps from this marker); Monumento a los Veteranos (within shouting distance of this marker); El Leon Sabio (within shouting distance of this marker); Hon. Luis A. Ferre Aguayo
Jose Marti Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
2. Jose Marti Marker
(about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); La Escuela Libre de Musica Juan Morell Campos (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Willie Vincéns Tous (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ponce.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 519 times since then and 90 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 8, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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