On march 21, 1937, the nationalist party in ponce planned to demonstrate against the. After a tenday investigation they determined that the palm sunday shootings were not a riot by puerto ricans, but a police massacre. Download pdf flyer remembering puerto ricos ponce massacre. The ponce massacre was an event that took place on palm sunday, march 21, 1937, in ponce. Complete summary of edwidge danticats the farming of bones.
Most of the dead were reportedly shot in their backs. A human rights commission would later report that all had been gunned down by police. For the days leading up to the demonstration, colonial police prepared for slaughter. The ponce massacre, 1937 wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism. A short history of the massacre in puerto rico of peaceful demonstrators calling for the release of imprisoned separatist leader. Relatives of nationalists killed in the ponce massacre in front of. On march 21, 1937, easter sunday, this site witnessed one of the most tragic and moving events of our history. Click on the pictures police fire on nationalists during the ponce massacre.
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