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Commemorates the day the Constitution of Puerto Rico was signed into law
Puerto Rico Constitution Day
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Also called
| Dia de la Constitucion del Estado Libre Asociado
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Observed by
| Puerto Rico
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Date
| July 25
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Next time
| July 25, 2024
(
2024-07-25
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Frequency
| annual
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Law #1 of August 4, 1952 of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico established a full state holiday on July 25 of every year, to be known as
Puerto Rico Constitution Day
. The holiday commemorates the day the
Constitution of Puerto Rico
, approved on July 3, 1952, was signed into law by Governor
Luis Munoz Marin
the same year.
[1]
Up to then, July 25 had been a holiday in Puerto Rico, known as "Occupation Day", to commemorate the arrival of United States military forces on July 25, 1898 in an area of the municipality of
Yauco
that in the early 20th century would become the separate municipality of
Guanica
.
The government of Puerto Rico holds a commemorative ceremony every year, the most recent of which was held at the
Puerto Rico Department of State
headquarters building, the "Edificio de la Real Intendencia", in Old San Juan with the mayor of Yauco, Abel Nazario, as the keynote speaker and Supreme Court
Associate Justice
Edgardo Rivera Garcia
in charge of the reading of the Constitution's Preamble.
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