Others Pictured on the Mural

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
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