Founding of the San Juan Rotary Club - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 18° 27.852 W 066° 06.959
19Q E 804604 N 2043973
A Rotary International plaque on the Palace Hotel marks the site where the San Juan Rotary Club was founded 100 years age. It is located at Calle Tetuan and Calle Cruz in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Waymark Code: WM123Y8
Location: Puerto Rico
Date Posted: 02/21/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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A Rotary International plaque on the facade of the Palace Hotel commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the San Juan Rotary Club. The plaque is inscribed in Spanish and English:

Aqui et Hotel Palace nacio el Rotario de
San Juan, el 1 de junio de 1918. Esta placa
conmemora los 100 años de servicio de Rotary.
a nuestra isla.

{Rotary International Emblem}

The birth of the Rotary Club of San Juan took
place at the Palace Hotel on June 1, 1918.
This plaque commemorates Rotary's 100 years
of service to the island.

The San Juan Rotary Club was charted on On June 1, 1918 Today they have more than 133 members, making it is the largest Rotary Club in Puerto Rico, and the largest English-speaking Club south of Florida since the Club's activities are all conducted in English. They bill themselves as: "The oldest continuously operating club in the world south of the Tropic of Cancer".

Plaque or monument: Plaque

Placed by?: Rotary Club of San Juan

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