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Essay On Historical Monuments

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A monument is a type of structure that was specifically created to honor a person or event, or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, and/or political meaning. Monuments can be categorized as statues, (war) memorials, historical buildings, archeological sites, and cultural assets. For example, The Birth of the New World (colloquially known as La Estatua de Colón, literally meaning "The Statue of Columbus") is an enormous sculpture located on the Atlantic coastline of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Now, currently, a controversy has risen about whether important historical monuments should be removed or not. In my opinion, if the people feel a division developing due to the symbolism of a monument, it should be removed. Although I agree with the removal of …show more content…

Furthermore, with the discovery of Puerto Rico, what was once a small island in the Caribbean, was placed onto the radar making it a well known tropical island containing an amazing terrain for sugarcane and coffee while possessing high amounts of gold. Other than the great reputation Puerto Rico gained of being a rich port, Columbus migrated many people from different nations of the world to inhabit Puerto Rico, thus leading to the mixture of all types of people. Now, without the mingling of the different people brought to Puerto Rico the Puerto Rican race we know today would not even exist. There is no doubt Christopher did accomplish many things; due to his arrival Puerto Rico was discovered thus being a reason why he would be commemorated as an important figure within Puerto Rican history and culture. But, it should never be forgotten that many people died because of his

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