Fondo de Mejoramiento – San Lorenzo
5-22-13 WOSO Commentary
Last Sunday my wife and I enjoyed immensely Fondo de
Mejoramiento’s trip to San Lorenzo in which we visited the plaza and the
surrounding historical buildings. We were greeted by the Mayor’s representative
and the Plaza tour was by an architectural student from the Politécnico
undertaking a study of this unique plaza. Although Ana Paulina did not grow up
in San Lorenzo, her father lives in San Lorenzo and she is the granddaughter of
Fe Leonor Borges, a music teacher for whom the excellent historical museum is
named after.
The museum has excellent exhibits in six rooms covering the
Taino’s, the municipality’s history, its economic and architectural
developments, as well as San Lorenzo’s leaders in religion, the arts, music
(Chayanne is from San Lorenzo), politics and sports. It is a small museum, but
well organized in a very pleasant building. My only constructive criticism is
that as often happens throughout Puerto Rico, the exhibits are only in Spanish.
This lack of English descriptions is ironic since many of us identify San
Lorenzo as a municipality that for many years voted for the statehood party,
regardless of huge victories in favor of the Commonwealth party. Also ironic is
that the present Mayor in his third term is from the Commonwealth party.
San Lorenzo is known as the Samaritans and prides itself in
the assistance and hospitality its people offer visitors and those in need. Its
population of approximately 42,000 is spread out over a huge area of green
hills.
One feels the sense of pride in its people and so it was not
surprising to read in Sunday’s El Nuevo Día that its high school was one of
three schools in Puerto Rico receiving the award of excellence.
Next week we will be going with Fondo de Mejoramiento to
Cerro Punta, the highest peak in Puerto Rico, and the following week to Coamo.
Please call 787 759 8366 if you would like more information on these and other
tours. These tours are a great opportunity for those who want to practice their
Spanish and experience the real Puerto Rico.
Bilingualism is a two way street. Que tengan un buen día y hasta la semana que
viene.
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