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Guayama Pueblo in Municipio de Guayama, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
 

Monumento a los Veteranos

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— [Veterans Memorial] —

 
 
Monumento a los Veteranos Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
1. Monumento a los Veteranos Marker
Inscription.  
Esta placa ha sido dedicada a los soldados Guyameses, caidos en la primera y en la segunda guerra mundial, la guerra de Corea y el conflicto de Vietnam. Hijos de Guyama caidos en el cumplimiento de su debe honrados, reconocidos y nunca olvidados por su pueblo. El Hon. Alcalde Miguel Diaz Tirado, honra a estos puertorriqueρos y da fe de ello installando esta placa para la posteridad.

[English translation:]
This plaque is dedicated to the soldiers from Guayama who fell in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict. The sons and daughters of Guayama who have fallen in the line of duty are honored, recognized and never forgotten by their people. The Honorable Miguel Diaz Tirado honors these Puerto Ricans and dedicates this plaque for posterity.
 
Erected 1984 by Municipio de Guayama.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 17° 59.112′ N, 66° 6.8′ W. Memorial is in Guayama in Municipio de Guayama, Puerto Rico. It is in Guayama Pueblo.
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It is on Calle Santiago Palmer south of Calle Vicente Palιs Matos, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Calle Vicente Palιs Matos 1902, Guayama PR 00784, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Puerto Rico’s 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 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Monumento a la Guerra de Corea (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial for the War with Spain (within shouting distance of this marker); Hector Luis Colon Mendoza (within shouting distance of this marker); Luis Pales Matos (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Samuel F.B. Morse (approx. 5.8 kilometers away); Samuel F.B. Morse en Arroyo, P.R. (approx. 5.8 kilometers away); Monumento a Korea y Vietnam (approx. 5.9 kilometers
Monumento a los Veteranos image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
2. Monumento a los Veteranos
away); Alcaldes de Patillas (approx. 10.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Guayama.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 220 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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