Cartografías de la memoria

Map of Henry Barracks / UPR Cayey - Research in process*

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In 1897, the Spanish established a military camp on the grounds where the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey now stands. After the U.S. invasion of 1898, the camp was taken over by the U.S. Navy and Army. Known first as Camp Henry and later as Henry Barracks, in honor of Puerto Rico’s military governor Guy Henry (1898–1899), it became the headquarters of the Third Battalion of the 65th Infantry Regiment. After the Korean War (1953), the post started to be abandoned and officially closed in 1965. In 1967, the former military buildings were converted into classrooms, giving rise to the colegio regional, today the UPR Cayey. This map explores the traces of that military past.

Mi abuelo was the founding rector of the UPR Cayey and my great grandfather was stationed at Camp Henry in 1899. This project is dedicated to their memory, my ancestors, a history from bullets to books.

Map created by students at UPR Cayey for the course, Methodologies of public history: Archives, monuments, and oral histories, offered by Dr. Rafael Capó García for the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (III). The following people have contributed to this map: Rafael V. Capó García, PhD, Nicole Cameron Maldonado, Navielys M. Carrasco Dávila, Ángela V. Rivera Correa, Leonardo J. Torres Díaz, Kamila N. González Rivera, Kamila Y. González López, Kateleen A. Suárez Suárez, Yareliz Pérez Rivera.

Special thanks to Dr. Sarah Molinari for her contributions during the first iteration of this course and project as part of the Antonia Pantoja Research Mentoring Program, offered by the III.

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