The Ponce Massacre is a violent chapter in the history of Puerto Rico. On March 21, 1937 (Palm Sunday) a march was organized in the southern city of Ponce, Puerto Rico by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. The march, organized to commemorate the end of Slavery in 1873, was also formed to protest the incarceration of nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, as well as to demand Puerto Rico’s independence from the United States.
Ponce Massacre Museum
The Puerto Rican Culture Institute, a state agency, runs “La Casa de la Masacre de Ponce”, a museum located in the same intersection (between Marina St. and Aurora St.) where the events took place. It contains photographs and various artifacts from the Ponce Massacre. A section of the museum is dedicated to Pedro Albizu Campos.