Castillo de san felipe el morro: Exploring Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan

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Castillo San Felipe del Morro: a strategic fortress in San Juan’s harbor

Grounds and Lighthouse at El Morro

Castillo San Felipe del Morro (El Morro) was built by the Spanish to control the entrance to the Caribbean Sea and the gateway to the New World. During the Age of Discovery, the mouth of the channel into San Juan’s harbor was considered a strategic island for military and economic reasons.

The construction took approximately 250 years to complete. Spain responded to potential and future threats by expanding and improving the fort. This San Juan landmark looks very much like it did at the end of the 18th century. History buffs and people who enjoy exploring fortresses should not miss this one. Children are free to roam and explore.

This fortress sits on headland— a high point of land that juts into the water. El Morro means the headland. This prime location provides excellent photo opportunities.

San Juan de la Cruz on Isla de Cabras

Across the channel is a sister fort called San Juan de la Cruz. It is located on the end of the Isla de Cabras. The Spanish built this benign looking structure to create a deadly and effective crossfire.

Anyone who remembers Christopher Columbus’s voyages will recall that he discovered this island. He called the island San Juan Bautista (St. John the Baptist). The name Puerto Rico originally referred to the city and the bay. The names were switched a century later.

In the mid 19th century lighthouses were added to help guide ships. Modern visitors will be drawn to take pictures of them.

Cannon from 18th-19th centuries

The fortress showcases three distinct periods of artillery evolution. In the 18th century, cannons were placed in gun openings or embrasures. Starting in the late 19th century, a semi-circular track of ground bricks was used to support the cannons. Under Spanish rule, cannons were fired at the English, the Dutch, the British and the Americans. During World War II, anti-aircraft guns were positioned on slabs of concrete.

For approximately 400 years, Spain fought hard to control Puerto Rico. They lost control to the US during the Spanish-American War (1898).

During World War I, El Morro was called Fort Brooke. In 1961, the fort became a national historic site under the auspices of the National Park Service.

The National Park System left an open field (esplanade) so that visitors can imagine how the Spanish defenders used the open space to shoot anyone who came to attack them. Today, locals and tourists can enjoy this scenic spot without any fears.

Before You Go

Check the National Park Service website for information about pricing, movies, and tours. Take time to look at the map so that you can plan your route.

On a sunny day, don’t forget to put on sunscreen. It is a good idea to wear comfortable walking shoes, and to bring a hat and sunglasses. An ample supply of water is a necessity, especially if you’re planning to walk between the two fortresses. Castillo San Cristobal is less than a mile away.

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The topic of stickers on US license plates is unfairly left out. First of all, of course, we are license plate collectors, but validation stickers are an integral part of them, which is not mentioned much on the Internet.

Number stickers are issued annually in America. This is “transaction evidence”. Physical proof that the owner of the car paid the registration fees. If necessary, a police officer can match the number on the sticker to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) database to make sure it is authentic (that it is not stolen or tampered with).

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Since their inception, the first numbers have been produced with the year stamped out and changed annually. There were attempts to save on metal and attach tags and extension plates of various shapes to the number. At 19The 50s idea evolved into stickers. During this time, many states issued “perennial” license plates that were valid for 3 to 5 years.

In the late 1970s, almost all states in North America used perennial plates, which were verified by stickers.

For more than 100 years US and Canadian license plates have been emblazoned with iconic symbols, official seals or crests, and in recent decades full color graphics. Several states have placed their map outlines on the numbers, and many have celebrated anniversaries and special events such as the World’s Fairs and the Olympics. The same themes were used on stickers.

This article will look at the different types of graphic symbols used on stickers in North American states over the past 70 years (including US territories). The main attention will be paid only to stickers with the year issued for the registration of passenger cars. Let’s talk about holograms and watermarks another time.

Although Puerto Rico has a long history of producing graphic stickers from 1965 to 1990, each year with a different design, I’ve only highlighted the first few years. For a more in-depth story, you need to write a separate article.

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1 Image of the map on stickers
2 stamps and emblems of the state
3 characters and other graphics
4 centuries and stickers
5 international events and special events
6 syllable and names of countries
7 End of an era?

Map Representation on Decals

The most common form of decal graphics was the outline or silhouette of a state map. The pioneer was Missouri, which in the middle of 1952 years old issued stickers to validate his 1949 plates. They expired in 1953, and the stickers from 1953 to 1955 showed a fairly large map of the state. Nevada was next in June 1955. The 1963 Nevada stickers were the most unique as they were actually cut to the shape of the state and sized to fit into the embossed outline of the base plates.

Of the twenty states (plus Puerto Rico) that had map outlines on their stickers, only 19 did so in Alabama78, and in Ohio in 1975. The 1974 and 1976 Rhode Island stickers contained the outline of the map, but also included other graphic elements, which I will discuss later.

Old license plate stickers with state map

Newfoundland and Labrador is the only Canadian province to have an outline of a map on its stickers in 2005. As a result, intelligibility was impaired and led to numerous complaints from the police. In response, the sticker plates for 2006 returned to a more standard format.

Puerto Rico stickers dated “65-66” included an outline of the island. Five years later, this contour was knocked out on the numbers 1970-71. Since there was no space on the new plates to accommodate the two outlying islands known as Isla de Culebra and Isla de Vieques, their silhouettes were printed on stickers over the next two years. To the uninitiated, it looks like defective ink blots.

The correct position of stickers 1971/72 and 1972/73 was in the lower right corner of the base plates. However, when viewed as a “map” of Puerto Rico, the two outlying islands appear to be southeast, not their actual location (to the east of the main island).

Outline of state map on U.S. license plate stickers

State seals and emblems

Because verification stickers are essentially a government-issued “receipt” and proof of payment of vehicle registration fees, some states have chosen to include official insignia: the state coat of arms or seal. In California, every sticker since 1957 has featured the seal. Newfoundland and Labrador is the only Canadian province to have a provincial coat of arms on stickers 1971-1972

The 1973 Rhode Island stickers featured an anchor with the word “Hope”, both taken from the first official seal created in 1664 for what was then the colony of Rhode Island. Similarly, in 1975, the official coat of arms of the state was depicted.

Wisconsin used its Motor Vehicle Department seal on 1962-1969 stickers and then the Department of Transportation (DOT) logo on 1970-1974 stickers.

On stickers Puerto Rico at 1974/75 years was the logo “Departamento de Transportation y Obras Publicas”. This government department is responsible for motor vehicle licensing on Commonwealth Island and its logo is abbreviated as “TOP”. He also appeared in other years until 1990, after which Puerto Rico moved the stickers from the numbers to the windshield.

Emblems and seals on American stickers

Symbols and other graphics

In the 1970s, Rhode Island and Washington led the way in creative stickers. Rhode Island started its graphic trend at 1972nd from an illustration of the British customs schooner Gaspi. The schooner was involved in operations to combat the smuggling of rum and the slave trade in the years leading up to the American Revolution of 1776. “The ship ran aground off the coast of Rhode Island in June 1772, and then was looted and set on fire by a group of American colonists. A 1972 commemorative sticker commemorated the bicentennial of the event, which to this day is celebrated annually with the Gaspi Days festival in the village of Pawtuxet.

In 1977, Rhode Island stickers featured a graphic abstract symbol. The “wave” possibly symbolizes the yachting and recreational boating industry in this coastal state.

Although the map of Washington since 1969 was already included as a graphic element on the stickers of Washington, in 1972 a tiny image of the Capitol dome appeared. The landscape scene on the 1975 Washington decals is an iconic part of the shoreline at “Second Beach” in Olympia National Park.

In 1980, there was a small illustration of the ferry M/V Spokane on the Washington postcards. This “giant class” ferry was built and launched in 1972. Since then, he has regularly crossed the waters of Puget Sound to the San Juan Islands.

Spokane Ferry and Washington State Sticker

On the 1981 stickers, Washington commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Fred Redmond Bridge, which was built and opened to traffic in 1971. It was the longest double-arch concrete bridge in the United States, located in Yakima County. Highway No. 1-82 passes through it.

The Fred Redmon Bridge, also known as the Selah Creek Bridge, is a double arch bridge in the northwestern United States, in Yakima County, Washington.

In 2006, stickers with monorail graphics were released. The Seattle monorail project was a highly controversial local political issue. One of its main sources of funding was the annual excise tax on every car registered in the Seattle area. This controversial tax was repealed on June 30, 2006, and the Seattle Monorail Authority was officially dissolved in January 2008. The monorail project ended up costing Seattle taxpayers a whopping $125 million.

Seattle monorail and a sticker showing it

Several states that used the famous symbol on their plates also featured it on stickers. For example, a 1976 Colorado sticker has a mountain profile.

Stickers in Nebraska 1968-1975 contained an image of the State Capitol, similar to what was embossed on the plates of 1940-1941.

“Old Man of the Mountains” from New Hampshire, a natural rock on Cannon Mountain in the White Mountains, graced the plates of this state only 1926 year. This famous symbol was used on stickers in 1974 and 1976-1979.

U.S. License Plate Symbols and Graphics

The “zia” symbol that graced New Mexico’s plates for many years was printed on its stickers in 1971 and 1973-1977, except for 1976 (described below). The Texas symbol “Lone Star”, which served as a hyphen on Texas plates for many years, naturally appeared on all stickers from 1976 to 1995.

There are two known examples of popular symbols appearing on stickers before the same symbols appeared on plates. On the stickers of the numbers of Washington 19The 73rd depicts Mount Rainier, the highest in the state. A similar pattern of this mountain will subsequently decorate all new plates, starting in 1987.

Puerto Rico stickers dated “75-76” featured a graphic silhouette of the iconic El Morro towers. Twelve years later, in 1987, license plates for new registrations were emblazoned with a similar image of “El Morro”. This fortress, officially known as the Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, overlooks the entrance to the harbor of San Juan and was originally built by Spanish colonists in 1539.-om. Most of its subsequent expansion took place over the course of 150 years, beginning in 1765. After the attack on the Fort by the US Navy in 1898 during the Spanish–American War, Spain ceded possession of Puerto Rico to the United States. “El Morro” also appeared on Puerto Rican stickers dated “86-87”.

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro with two stickers

British Columbia’s provincial flower, Pacific dogwood, adorned the 1976 and 1977 stickers. Saskatchewan has been printing a graphic sticker since the late 1997 to 1998, containing an image of its flower, the lily of the prairie. It wasn’t technically a test sticker, but rather a way to cover up the already expired 1996 sticker on the front plates. At the time, the province was still issuing plates in pairs, but moved on to issuing its validation stickers for 1997 as singles. This prevented the front number from expiring, thus helping the police not to have to check the back plate.

U.S. License Plate Sticker Graphics

Centenary and Bicentennial Stickers

Instead of issuing anniversary license plates, some states economically commemorate events with annual stickers. This is especially true if the anniversary does not coincide with the planned release of a new edition, which usually occurs every 3-5 years.

For example, the 1966 Nebraska plates contained the slogan “Centennial”. However, the actual century was in 1967. This anniversary was marked with stickers bearing the official logo, consisting of a covered wagon and the slogan “Welcome to Nebraska, Where the West Begins from 1867 to 1967 years.

The 1971 British Columbia stickers featured the province’s 100th anniversary logo and were applied to their 1970-72 stickers.

Washington became the 42nd state of America in November 1889, and in 1989 celebrated its 100th anniversary. After 1989, stickers were printed with the state’s official centenary logo.

The Independent Man statue on the Rhode Island Capitol

Several states in 1976 marked the US Bicentennial with commemorative stickers. On Rhode Island stickers 19On the 76th, the “Independent Man” is depicted – a bronze statue mounted on the marble dome of the Capitol. Unfortunately, the spear was mistakenly drawn in the left hand of the statue instead of the right! The sticker also contained a map and the words “ri76” in colonial-style decorative font.

The 1976 Vermont stickers featured a two-tone background of red and blue horizontal stripes with the date “76” written in a different colonial-style script. The tricolor effect of these stickers stood out against the green background of the Vermont plates.

The New Hampshire stickers, which expired in 1976 and 1977, contained the same “old man” image, but with alternating colors of red, blue, and white to symbolize the bicentennial.

Washington continued its graphic trend with a 1976 post-it “minute clock” – a symbol that might have seemed more appropriate anywhere in New England!

“New Mexico 1976” decals featuring the country’s flag.

West Virginia issued 19 stickers76th, printed in blue and red on white to symbolize the national colors for the bicentennial. These stickers did not contain any graphics per se, but had the modern state abbreviation and the year written in modern script. However, these stickers were actually for registrations that expired in 1977, and were only issued for the new “Wild Wonderful” graphic plates introduced in 1976.

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Coverage of a one-time event also made more sense on the validation sticker than on the plate. Washington released its stickers with the logo of the World’s Fair, which was held in Spokane in 1974. This exhibition was the first eco-theme in the world, in which 10 countries took part.

1977 Prince Edward Island stickers featured a stylized tent design and the Boy Scouts’ Fleur-de-Lys symbol. That summer, the island province hosted the 4th Canadian Boy Scout Jamboree, held every four years. It was attended by over 16,000 scouts from all over Canada and several other countries. The stylization of the stickers was in brown and green tones. Prince Edward Island reissued similar commemorative stickers in 1989 to commemorate the 7th Canadian Gathering (referred to as “CJ”), which was held elsewhere on the island. The design of the stickers was slightly different, but browns and greens were also used.

The second World Expo in Canada, known as “EXPO 86”, was held in Vancouver from May to October 1986, concurrent with the city’s 100th anniversary. The event was commemorated on British Columbia validation stickers with the official “Expo 86” logo. The exhibition, which was visited by more than 20 million people, featured pavilions from 54 countries.

The city of Calgary and the surrounding area hosted the XV Winter Olympic Games in February 1988, and Alberta stickers featured the official snowflake emblem and the Olympic rings.

Event and exhibition stickers

Slogans and country names

For many years, up until 1970, the nickname “Peach State” was written on plates of Georgia. When they switched to multi-annual numbers in 1971, the slogan was dropped to make room for the county name stickers. However, the inscription “Peach State” was printed at 1972–1975

1974 Rhode Island stickers featured a map of the state and the slogan “Ocean State”, even though the “Ocean State” slogan had already adorned passenger plates since 1972!

Kentucky added county names to marked month/year stickers from 1978 to 1981 on strange “KY KY” plates, although the county name also appeared on a reflective sticker along the lower center of the license plate (an afterthought when the plates were already made). But 120 counties multiplied by 12 months meant 1,440 separate sticker runs per year. The wastage and expense of this inefficient printing led DMV officials to replace the county’s name with the nickname “Bluegrass State” on all of their stickers.82-1983 for greater uniformity, resulting in 12 sticker runs per year.

Washington continued to print innovative graphic stickers in 2000 under the slogan “The Future is Now” to mark the start of the new millennium in 2001.

State slogans on license plate stickers

End of an era?

The 1970s was the heyday of picture stickers and this trend also coincided with the adoption of graphic reflective plates in several states and provinces starting in 1974th.

By the early 1980s, more states were moving to monthly incremental registrations, so they now printed the expiration month and year on the same sticker. There was no place for any graphics at all. As plate graphic designs became more complex in the 1990s and covered the entire plate background, stickers had to become more visible and legible to clearly show the expiration date.