| |
| | San Juan, Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | San Juan, the capital and major northern city of Puerto Rico, was the site of the first armed conflict between the United States and Spain on the island. |
 | | U.S. ground troops never reached San Juan during the actual fighting on the island, as the peace agreement was reached before they could get there from the south. |
 | | However, the U.S. government of Puerto Rico, which began with the military government in Ponce, moved and established its center at San Juan, and Charles H. Allen, the first civilian governor, was inaugurated there in 1900. |
| www.loc.gov /rr/hispanic/1898/sanjuan.html (139 words) |
|