Posters - Major Events - Puerto Rican Day Parade NY - Manhattan - Ricky Martin
The energy and enthusiasm displayed in this NYC Puerto Rico parade is
incredible - at least for us in PR. But when people are separated so long
in a distant much colder weather and different cultures - then they miss their land!
And as we see below - once the PR flag was ILLEGAL in Puerto Rico!
The Puerto Rican Day Parade (also known as the National Puerto Rican Day Parade)
takes place annually in the United States along Fifth Avenue in the Manhattan
borough of New York City. The attendance is estimated in over 2M people.
Note - there are similar PR day parades in most cities with large PR populations.
Many Unions, workers, teachers, Police organizations, state and local organizations,
schools and universities are represented. People come from PR too.
The first Puerto Rican Day Parade was held on Sunday, April 13, 1958, in Manhattan.
The parade has attracted many New York politicians including
mayor Michael Bloomberg, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, Governor Andrew Cuomo
and Senator Charles Schumer, as well as many political candidates
running for office and looking for voters in local, state and national elections.
In recent years, the parade has honored several Puerto Rican celebrities
by naming them "International Grand Marshal"
of the parade including singer Marc Anthony, who participated in the parade
along with his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez, and Ricky Martin in 2007
Organizers of the 2017 parade chose to honor Oscar López Rivera, considered
a terrorist by some and a freedom fighter by others.
But we need to remember - once the PR flag was ILLEGAL in Puerto Rico!!!
It was called Public Law 53, and also known as La Ley de la Mordaza…the Gag Law.
Law 53 made it a felony to sing a song, whistle a tune, or utter one word against the US government, or in favor of Puerto Rican independence.
This included singing La Borinqueña, or owning a Puerto Rican flag.
Own a flag…ten years in jail.
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The True history of PR, our Culture, Sports and Arts to color your walls!!!
No more boring walls to stare at - surprise your friends!
No more fake art to spoil your walls and view.
No Chinese or Macy's boring artwork!
About the poster:
.: 264 gsm fine art paper
.: Multiple sizes
.: For indoor use
Image credit: Wikipedia, web or Pinterest sources.
