In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire on the House of Representatives while unfurling a Puerto Rican flag. One of them, Lolita Lebrón, stated during her arrest “I did not come to kill anyone, I came to die for Puerto Rico!”; true to her word, no Representatives died, and all four received a hero’s welcome upon their eventual return to Puerto Rico two decades later.

Today's art is by Mia Roman: https://www.artsbymia.com/art/lolita-lebron/

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