Ponce Coat of Arms
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. The City of Ponce is the second largest city in Puerto Rico outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, and is named after Juan Ponce de Leon y…
The Three Kings Song
Los tres Santos Reyes, los tres y los tres, Los tres Santos Reyes, los tres y los tres, Los saludaremos con divina fe, Los saludaremos con divina fe. Los tres Santos Reyes, yo los sé contar, Los tres Santos Reyes, yo los sé contar, Gaspar y Melchor y el Rey Baltazar.…
Three Kings Day
In Puerto Rico, it is traditional for children to fill a box with fresh grass or hay and put it underneath their bed, for the Wise Men’s camels. The three kings will then take the grass to feed the camels and will leave gifts under the bed as a reward. These…
Patches
This page contains a collection of patches collected over a few years.
The Currencies of Puerto Rico
The currencies of Puerto Rico followed the development of the island closely. It was granted the use of both Spain and the United Stated because it was a colony of both countries. Puerto Rico had its own gold, but by the 16th century, the archipelago was running out…
Puerto Rico Gets Some Change:
US Mint unveils quarter with Spanish inscription The Associated Press Friday, April 3rd 2009, 1:26 PM SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The director of the U.S. Mint on Thursday unveiled the first U.S. coin with an inscription in Spanish, a quarter honoring Puerto Rico as the…
Borinquen
Puerto Ricans often call the island Borinquen, from Borikén, its indigenous Taíno name. The terms boricua and borincano derive from Borikén and Borinquen respectively, and are commonly used to identify someone of Puerto Rican heritage. The island is also popularly…
Puerto Rico Constitution
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico We, the people of Puerto Rico, in order to organize ourselves politically on a fully democratic basis, to promote the general welfare, and to secure for ourselves and our posterity the complete enjoyment of human rights,…
Flag
Representante defiende proyecto para cambiar color à la bandera Mientras, el Gobernador le cierra las puertas à la medida Por Servicios combinados El representante Luis TatoLeon Rodriguez aseguro que la pieza legislativa declarando oficial el color azul oscuro en el…
The Changing of the Guard: Puerto Rico in 1898
by Marisabel Brás, Ph.D. Of all Spanish colonial possessions in the Americas, Puerto Rico is the only territory that never gained its independence. Internal and geopolitical dynamics during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, nevertheless, brought…
National Symbols
Here are a few pictures of Puerto Rico’s national symbols
The Jayuya Uprising
The Jayuya Uprising, also known as the Jayuya Revolt or El Grito de Jayuya, refers to the revolt against the United States government which occurred on October 30, 1950 in various localities in Puerto Rico, but mostly based in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico. Events…
Utuado Uprising
The Utuado Uprising, also known as the Utuado Revolt or El Grito de Utuado, refers to the revolt against the United States government in Puerto Rico which occurred on October 30, 1950 in various localities in Puerto Rico and which in Utuado culminated in the “Utuado…
Musical Instruments
Musical instruments of Puerto Rican music have roots in the cultures of Puerto Rico’s Taino, Spanish, and African traditions. Musical instruments used in Puerto Rican music are well known instruments used in present day music. These instruments would include such…
Puerto Rico Quarter
The United States Mint on Thursday April 2, introduced the 2009 Puerto Rico quarter, which is the second of six commemorative quarters issued in the 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program.The quarter-dollar reverse or tails side was designed…
Tainos (Arawak)
Pre-Columbus Puerto Rico is one of 7,000 islands in the cluster of islands known as The West Indies. Archeologists and geologists have been unable to determine exactly when Puerto Rico became inhabited. They determined that centeries ago, people referred to as…
