2010.54.9691

Celebrate El Grito de Lares
1992
11.00 in HIGH x 17.00 in WIDE
(27.94 cm HIGH x 43.18 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.9691


The poster is printed on white paper with text and images in black and white. The poster has an unprinted border overall. The right edge of the poster has a black background with text in white: "Panel / Maria Sanchcz / National Committee / to Free Puerto Rican / Prisoners of War / Manuel Davila Puerto Rican Network / Speaker from Casa Puerto Rico / Poetry / Piri Thomas / Sheila Medina / Music / Grupo / 23 De Septiembre / Pleneros de la 24 / Refreshments for sale / Children under 12 free / Wheelchair accessible". The background of the poster is a stylized drawing of a group of men and women tied and attached to one another with yokes at the neck and hands bound behind their back being led by a figure with a whip. The background is overlaid with text in black: "500 Years of Resistance Continues! / Celebrate El Grito de Lares / 23 - September - 1868 / Wednesday, September 23, 1992 / $5-10 sliding scale / 7:30 pm / Mission Cultural Center / 2868 Mission Street (at 24th Street)"and with a map of Puerto Rico overlaid with a star.

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