Lolita Lebron

• Believed U.S. was trying to "colonize" Puerto Rico
• One of four pro-independence militants convicted of leading March 1 armed attack on U.S. Congress
• Spent 25 years in jail for attacking U.S. Congress in a despearate plea for the recgonition of her right to freedom
• Was pardoned by President Carter in 1979
• Exactly 25 years to the day she was pardoned, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center dedidcated murals renovation to her

Rafael Cancel Miranda

• One of four pro-independence militants convicted of leading March 1 attack on Congress
• Was sentenced to 84 years in prision for "an attempt to overthrow the governement by force and violence"
• Pardoned after serving only 25 years

Rosendo Matienzo Cintron

• Lawyer/politician
• Founder and President of first Puerto Rican Independence Party in 1912