La Liga Patriotica De Instruccion est. 1889 - Ybor City, Tampa, FL
Posted by: Lat34North
N 27° 57.660 W 082° 26.662
17R E 357926 N 3093721
8th Avenue & 14th Street, Ybor City, Tampa.
Waymark Code: WM5XH2
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2009
Views: 16
La Liga Patriotica De Instruccion est. 1889
On this corner was located the famous night-school which was established for the welfare of the Cuban emigres of the flourishing Cigar center. Classes were conducted by Don Jose Guadalupe Rivero to these compatriots who worked with tobacco leaves in the day and book leaves at night, Jose Marti, praising their revolutionary efforts confessed, "I thought I was coming to do something, but I find that everything has been done."
Erected by Las Novedades Spanish Restaurant 1962
Marker Number: None
Date: 1962
County: Hillsborough
Marker Type: Other
Sponsored or placed by: Las Novedades Spanish Restaurant
Website: Not listed
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