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Knowledge it’s Power

Before the Borinqueneers became legends on the battlefields of Korea, they were young men drilling on a dusty field near San Juan, learning to carry the name of an island into a world war. 🎖️🇵🇷 It started at Camp Las Casas.

In 1917, the same year the Jones Act granted United States citizenship to Puerto Ricans and made them eligible for the military draft, Camp Las Casas in Santurce became the main training ground for Puerto Rican soldiers preparing for the First World War. Thousands of recruits passed through its gates, training for a conflict an ocean away on behalf of a nation that had granted them citizenship and obligation in the same breath. It was here that the foundations of Puerto Rico's modern military legacy were laid.

Many of the men trained at Camp Las Casas served in the units that would eventually become the 65th Infantry Regiment, the Borinqueneers, whose valor in later wars would finally earn the Congressional Gold Medal decades after the fact. The camp itself is gone now, replaced by a public housing community that still carries the name, but the history made on that ground helped shape generations of Puerto Rican service and sacrifice. 🕊️

These were ordinary young men from the towns and mountains of the island, stepping into history without knowing where it would lead. Does your family have roots in the island's long military legacy, and how far back does it reach?

Can you spare a minute to help Jacqueline Gomez? Apertura de Aventuras y excursiones al aire libre , AHORA!

Calle Fortaleza, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico - 1938 🇵🇷

El Falansterio en Puerta de Tierra fue el primer proyecto de vivienda pública construido en Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Inaugurado en 1937, este histórico complejo nació durante la Gran Depresión como parte de los esfuerzos para combatir la pobreza y el desempleo.

Con su icónico estilo art deco y su historia cooperativista, El Falansterio marcó un antes y un después en la vivienda boricua. 🏘️✨