Manuel Rojas Luzardo was a Puerto Rican-Venezuelan commander of the Puerto Rican Liberation Army and one of the main leaders of the Grito de Lares uprising against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico.
Manuel Rojas house in 1965
Original Revolutionary Flag of Lares
Mariana Bracetti Cuevas was a patriot and leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement. Although Bracetti is popularly credited with having sewed the Grito de Lares flag that was intended to be use
Statue of Mariana Bracety Cuevas in Añasco barrio-pueblo
Puerto Rico Highway 129 is also called Carretera Mariana Bracetti near km 27.5 in Lares, Puerto Rico