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Western New York Hispanic American Veterans Memorial Monument, Ground Breaking Marker, Located at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval Park and was erected by the Western New York Hispanic American Veterans Memorial Inc. This is the Ground Breaking…

This interview with Ventura Colon was conducted by Maritza Vega on August 3, 2014. Ventura Colon arrived in Buffalo as a child in 1956. He grew up on the East Side in a predominantly Italian and Puerto Rican community. At the time, the East Side was…

Swan St (Puerto Rican Cultural Community Center)

The Unión Puertorriqueña de Ayuda Mutua was an organization formed to help newly arrived Hispanics/Latinos to the region. They provided translation services as well as assistance going to places such as the doctor's office or governmental entities…

Team sponsored by the Puerto Rican Community House

Team sponsored by the Puerto Rican Community House

In 1985, the Hispanic community decided to dedicate American Legion Post 1928 in the honor of Gabriel A. Rodriguez who served in military during Vietnam but later took his own life due to untreated PTSD. The community has always remembered Gabriel as…

Stephanie Berrios, Adelaida Lely Dones and Srta. Carrion at the Puerto Rican Cultural Community Center, 361 Swan St., Buffalo, NY

The Spanish American Welfare Association was an organization established by the Spanish community to be a place where the community could hold events and gather in unity.

Spanish American Welfare Association sponsored the soccer team