If One Aurora Plaza downtown is supposed to represent the American melting pot, it was never more evident than Friday morning. Aurora raised the Puerto Rican flag as a beginning to the 51st Puerto … ...

On this day in 1898, with the Spanish-American War nearly over, U.S. troops raised the stars and stripes in Puerto Rico, signifying that the 108-mile-long, 40-mile-wide former Spanish colony had ...

Although less than a quarter of the island voted, 97 percent of those that did said they want Puerto Rico to become America's 51st state, The New York Times reported.

In this July 29, 2015, photo, a bronze statue of San Juan Bautista stands in front of Puerto Rico’s capitol flanked by U.S. and Puerto Rican flags, in San Juan. A federal control board on Friday ...

City officials and Puerto Rican New Haveners offered that message Thursday as they raised the flag of Puerto Rico on the Green. The flag-raising came two days before a planned Puerto Rican cultural ...

What if Puerto Rico becomes a state? Flag Day food for thought. By ABC News. June 14, 2013, 3:09 PM. June 14, 2013— -- intro: As holidays go, Flag Day doesn't get much respect.

Puerto Rican Teen Refuses To Pledge Allegiance To The American Flag. By Victor Garcia Fox News. Published April 24, 2013 10:49am EDT | Updated ... Puerto Rico, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012.