On this #MemorialDay, I’d like to share a bit of history about The #Borinqueneers, a regiment of soldiers from Puerto Rico which fought in every U.S. war from World War I through the Korean War. 💙❤️💙❤️ The Borinqueneers were the last of the segregated regiments of the U.S. Army to be honored by a Congressional Medal. The unit, which has a history reaching back to 1899, has received many other honors, for specific units and individual soldiers, but the Congressional Medal required an extensive grassroots movement. 💙❤️💙❤️ Even before the reorganization of the Puerto Rican Regiment of Volunteer Infantry into the 65th Infantry Regiment in 1920, Puerto Rico supported the military efforts of the U.S.A. Puerto Rican volunteers fought against the British in the Civil War as part of Spain’s support of the American colonies, soldiers from Puerto Rico fought in the Civil War, and The first shots fired on behalf of the U.S. in World War I were ordered by Lt. Teofilo Marxuach, based at El Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico. From the earliest connections between the United States mainland and Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico has provided soldiers, doctors, and support staff for the U.S. military at a rate higher than those of many of the States. 💙❤️💙❤️ I have recently seen in the news politicians who don’t think Puerto Ricans should vote in Florida elections and a couple denied services for having a driver’s license from PR which they deemed foreign and therefore invalid. 👉🏼PLEASE SHARE👈🏼this and remind those who still haven’t realized Puerto Ricans are American citizens that our brothers and sisters have shed their blood for this country. 🇵🇷🇺🇸 . . . . #puertorico #usa #memorialday #puertoricansinthemilitary #veterans #65thinfantry #WWI #WWII #NorthKoreanWar (at United States)
