A Defense of the 1st Order

Spain built Castillo San Felipe del Morro, the massive fortification in front of you to guard San Juan harbor. To control the harbor was to control the entrance to the Caribbean Sea and access to the riches of the New ...

La maison romane

[The Romanesque house]

La maison romane

Construite probablement au XIIe siècle, elle a pu être la demeure d’un chanoine (ancienne rue de Chapitre).

Au dessus du portall, I’inscription PAX DOMUI...M...AT, sûrement inspirée de l’évangile de Luc, renvoie à sa bénédiction.

[Translation by Google ...

Rafle Du 9 Juin 1944

[Roundup of 9 June 1944]

Sur cette place, le 9 Juin 1944, 179 hommes de 18 à 40 ans furent rassemblés puis transférés en Allemagne par des SS qui avaient investi le village en représailles et déjà abattu Pierre Marty près ...

The Heart of San Cristobal

You are standing in the heart of Castillo San Cristobal, its main plaza, or plaza de armas. Completed by 1797, it looked then much as you see it now. This plaza de armas witnessed the daily events of military life ...

Three Flags

The National Park Service flys three flags over the fortifications at San Juan National Historic Site: the Burgundy Cross, the flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the flag of the United States of America.

The Burgundy Cross was ...

Life and Work in the Navy Yard 1812

During the day, workers at the Charlestown Navy Yard built, repaired, and supplied American warships. In the evening, theses men left for their homes. Only the Commandant, a few administrative officers, and a detachment of Marines stayed behind. The Commandant ...

Firepower

This deck housed San Cristobal’s main cannon battery. In terms of firepower, it was the strongest of the fortification’s defenses. If attackers got past defenses farther east, cannon from here would drive them back.

Did Spanish troops ever fire in ...

What About Water?

On a small island surrounded by the sea, where would hundreds of soldiers get water to drink? They had to collect rainwater.

Most of Castillo San Cristobal’s water was stored directly beneath your feet. The masonry cylinders in front of ...

Barge "Emerald"

A

Tribute and Memorium

to those

who went down with the

Barge “Emerald”

within sight of this point,

on Nov. 18, 1886.

Sponsored and erected by

H. J. Baumeister.

May 30, 1938.

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Wisconsin Route 42, on the left when traveling ...

Unger's Shoes

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of 3rd Street and Vernon Street, on the right when traveling south on 3rd Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org