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Statue/Estatua Distrito Capitolino
Statue/Estatua Distrito Capitolino
📍 San Juan, Puerto Rico. Bronze statue of SIP by Puerto Rican sculptor José Buscalogia, "considered, without a doubt, one of the world's finest and most accomplished sculptors and one of Puerto Rico's foremost artists... Buscaglia has authored close to 40 public monuments, in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the United States." (Source: Harvard Class of 1960).
The bronze art surrounding SIP depicts different eras of laborers, from agriculture to industry.
The bronze art surrounding SIP depicts different eras of laborers, from agriculture to industry.
Proclamation to Commemorate SIP on US Labor Day
Proclamation to Commemorate SIP on US Labor Day
Every year, Puerto Ricans honor Santiago Iglesias Pantín on the first Monday of September, which is the Labor Day in the United States.
The proclamation at left was issued by then-Governor Pedro Rossello on August 18, 1993. It reads:
SANTIAGO IGLESIAS PANTIN COMMEMORATIVE DAY
WHEREAS: The Government of Puerto Rico fights tirelessly to find new opportunities for fair employment for the Puerto Rican worker;
WHEREAS: Don Santiago Iglesias Pantin, journalist, politician, and founder of the Puerto Rican Movement, dedicated his struggle to the spiritual and economic improvement of the working class on the Island;
WHEREAS: For Puerto Ricans, Santiago Iglesias is the ideal symbol of civic spirit, devotion to the service of ideals and the proletariat, selflessness, and moral integrity;
WHEREAS: Government and private entities, the U.S., and the general public, pay tribute to this distinguished human being who, due to his fierce struggle for social and economic justice and human dignity, is worthy of emulation by all;
WHEREFORE: I, PEDRO J. ROSSELLO, Governor of Puerto Rico, by the authority vested in me by Act Number 40 of the 18th of April 1949, hereby proclaim the 6th of September 1993 as SANTIAGO IGLESIAS PANTIN MEMORIAL DAY. I do so as a tribute to the memory of this Puerto Rican hero who dedicated his talents, energies, and efforts to the well-being of his country.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby sign this document and affix the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in the City of San Juan, today, the 18th day of August, A.D. nineteen hundred and ninety-three.
El Centro de Documentación Obrera Santiago Iglesias Pantín (CDOSIP) 📚
El Centro de Documentación Obrera Santiago Iglesias Pantín (CDOSIP) 📚
📍University of Puerto Rico Library at Humacao
📍University of Puerto Rico Library at Humacao
(from the Center's website) CDOSIP safeguards a wealth of documents on the labor movement in Puerto Rico, which are only found there. Among other objectives, it preserves archival material, memorabilia, and books on the life and work of Santiago Iglesias Pantín. The Center serves as a repository for documentary assets of other Puerto Rican union leaders and organizations.
The CDOSIP preserves letters, manifestos, publications, photos, and other media related to the origin and development of the Puerto Rican labor movement and its connection to the political development of the country during the first decades of the 20th century.
The center is located on the third level of the library at la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao.
Bust in EL Capitolio de San Juan, PR photo by: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123chromapixels/41248847195/
Bust in San Juan Capitol Building
Bust in San Juan Capitol Building
Unveiling of bust covered by El Vocero newspaper in San Juan published September 5, 1996.
Old Residence
Old Residence
📍Calle Isern, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Former home of S.I.P. on Isern Street in San Juan under demolition to make way for the Baldorioty de Castro expressway.
Plaque in Viejo San Juan, PR
Plaque in Viejo San Juan, PR
A plaque outside #10 Calle San Sebastián street, Old San Juan:
"San Juan Autonomous Municipality
In this building lived the labor leader Santiago Iglesias Pantín.
It was also the site of the printing and drafting shop of the labor newspaper El Porvenir Social, founded the 23rd of October in 1898 and activity center of the social studies working group El Porvenir de Borinquen.
Celebration Committee of Santiago Iglesias Pantin Day
September 5, 2016"
Schools named after Santiago Iglesias Pantín
Schools named after Santiago Iglesias Pantín
Escuela Santiago Iglesias Pantín and Escuela Superior Santiago Iglesias Pantín are in San Juan and Ceiba, PR, respectively.
“The curious thing about this mural is that, in addition to highlighting the figure of Iglesias Pantín and the labor movement, it also has the allegory of the right to strike,” adds Murray, who points out that the mural was painted in 1973.
Mural by Rafael Ríos Rey
Mural by Rafael Ríos Rey
Ileana Delgado Castro for El Nuevo Día newspaper wrote in 2007:
From the Capitol, you can take a short drive to Puerta de Tierra, to the Dock Workers Union (UTM) building at 101 Pelayo Street, to see “Elegy to Santiago Iglesias Pantín,” an imposing oil-on-canvas mural by Rafael Ríos Rey that rests on pedestals attached to the wall — a work that was donated to the organization by the now-defunct First Federal Saving Bank.
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