San Juan National Historic Site utilized approximately $106,000 in funds from America’s National Parks™ to enhance interpretation, education, volunteer programs, two Puerto Rican folk dance events, and the annual Festival de Tunas. The site also used funds to expand visitor accessibility services, including sign language support, restocked more than 275,000 park brochures along with additional Junior Ranger badges and pencils, and provided updated interpretive training for staff.
For more than 250 years, Spain fortified the strategically important island of Puerto Rico, lining the battlements with cannons to defend its settlements. Thanks to donated funds, visitors can now better understand how these cannons protected Spanish settlers through a new interpretive video focused on the site’s historic artillery defenses.
