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Río Grande in Municipio de Río Grande, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
 

Monumento al Soldado Riograndeño

Memorial to the Soldier from Río Grande

 
 
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2023
1. Monumento al Soldado Riograndeño Marker
Inscription.  
Homenaje eterno a estos grandes servidores paladines de la democracia. Río Grande es y ha sido a traves de la historia uno de los pueblos de Puerto Rico que mas soldados ha aportado a las diferentes ramas de las fuerzas armadas, diciendo presente en donde las circunstancias lo requiere en momentos de crisis nacional e internacional.

[English translation:]
Eternal tribute to these great servants, champions of democracy. Throughout its history, Río Grande is and has been one of the towns in Puerto Rico that has contributed the most soldiers to different branches of the Armed Forces, being present where circumstances require it in moments of national and international crisis.
 
Erected 2004 by Municipio de Río Grande, Hon. Emilio Rosa Pacheco.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 18° 22.7′ N, 65° 49.731′ W. Memorial is in Río Grande in Municipio de Río Grande, Puerto Rico. It is at the intersection of Calle Gonzalo Alejandro and Calle San Antonio (Puerto Rico Route 187), on the right when traveling west on Calle Gonzalo
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Alejandro. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Calle Gonzalo Alejandro 2, Rio Grande PR 00745, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Puerto Rico’s Eastern Region. 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 19 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A Don Luis Hernaiz Veronne (approx. 7.6 kilometers away); Puerto Rico Quincentenary Memorial (approx. 7.6 kilometers away); Canovanax (approx. 7.6 kilometers away); Luis Muños Marin (approx. 13.4 kilometers away); Fernando III, Rey de Castilla y Leon (approx. 13.6 kilometers away); Antigua Casa Alcaldia (approx. 13.6 kilometers away); In Memoria de Todos Los Veteranos de la Guerra de Corea (approx. 19.3 kilometers away); En Memoria de Todos Los Veteranos de Vietnam (approx. 19.3 kilometers away).
 
Monumento al Soldado Riograndeño Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2023
2. Monumento al Soldado Riograndeño Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 846 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 18, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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