Mexican artist and Vietnam War veteran Jesse Treviño died on February 13 in San Antonio at 76. Treviño lost his right arm in a land mine explosion as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Still, he later went on to conjure vast murals and dramatic paintings displayed in three presidential libraries and the Smithsonian Institution. […]
Puerto Rican Regiment Honored With Their Own Street Name in the Bronx
November 30, 2012 By
‘La 65 de Infanteria Boulevard’ is the new name of Southern Boulevard in the Bronx, New York, in honor of the Puerto Rican regiment of the US Army known as “the Borinqueneers,” who are veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. More than 20,000 Puerto Ricans served as Borinqueneers since […]
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