A group of Puerto Rican nationalists are photographed after their arraignment for shooting up the U.S. House of Representatives. Seeking an independent Puerto Rico, the four stormed the building and opened fire while the House was in session, wounding five members of Congress (1954). Submitted by lightiggy t3_10d0ajv on January 16, 2023 at 12:44 AM in washingtondc 23 comments 138
abhikavi t1_j4k0lm4 wrote on January 16, 2023 at 6:30 AM >(1954) I was like, why the fuck didn't I hear about this? Until I got to the date. Although still, never learned about this in history class either. Thanks for posting the article about it. Lot of good background in there. Permalink 10
A group of Puerto Rican nationalists are photographed after their arraignment for shooting up the U.S. House of Representatives. Seeking an independent Puerto Rico, the four stormed the building and opened fire while the House was in session, wounding five members of Congress (1954).
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