The American Legion Department of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands is having its annual conference from June 5-7, 2015 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. This year the conference is dedicated to the 65th Inf. Regt and filmmaker Noemi Figueroa Soulet has been invited to be the keynote speaker...
This year the American Veterans Center’s 17th Annual Conference and Honors which will take place in Washington on November 6-8, 2014, will have a special tribute for the 65th Infantry Regiment Borinqueneers. In collaboration with El Pozo Productions, four Borinqueneer veterans were identified to represent the 65th Infantry Regiment and receive the Raymond G. Davis Award for Service...
The Conference begins on Friday, November 7th with a line-up of heroes you won’t want to miss, featuring: The Tuskegee Airmen, veterans of the first African-American aviation unit Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, Co-pilot of Jimmy Doolittle in Plane #1 Lt. Col. James Megellas, the most decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airborne Div. Lt....
Beginning in 2012, American Veterans Center began a partnership with the Department of Defense and The Pentagon Channel to create the first and only televised awards show honoring those who deserve it most: our veterans and military men and women. The program is titled “The American Veterans Center Honors” and proved a tremendous...
A screening of THE BORINQUENEERS on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. at 26 Federal Plaza (6th Floor Conference Center A/B), New York, NY. Filmmaker Noemi Figueroa Soulet and 65th veterans Juan O’Neill and Eugenio Quevedo will participate in a Q&A after the screening. An archival photo exhibit will be on display. SIGN LANGUAGE SERVICES PROVIDED. This...
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, THE BORINQUENEERS will be presented on September 30, 2014 at 6:00pm as part of the Americans in Struggle Film Series - Celebrating the struggles of the American people that make us the nation we are today at a Special Venue: the Community College of Philadelphia-CCP’s Bonnell Building Room BG-10. All...
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, a presentation of THE BORINQUENEERS will take place on September 25, 2014 from 11:30 am to 1:00pm at Fort McCoy in La Crosse, Wisconsin. This is a private event not open to the general public....
A presentation of THE BORINQUENEERS at the La Casita Cultural, 109 Otisco Street, Syracuse, NY 13204 will take place on September 20, 2014 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm followed by a question-and-answer session attended by filmmaker Noemi Figueroa Soulet and 65th Infantry veteran Eugenio Quevedo. This event is sponsored by Cultural Engagement for...
Puerto Rico TV will be re-broadcasting the documentary “Los Borinqueños” (“The Borinqueneers”) in Spanish beginning on July 4 and in subsequent showings for the next two years. Puerto Rico TV can be seen in Channels 6.1 and 3.2, Liberty 6.1 and 206 (HD), Choice 3, Direct TV 166 and Dish 6. Puerto Rico...
On June 10, 2014, Pres. Obama signed Public Law No. 113-120, the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Bill (CGM), into law in the presence of eleven 65th Infantry veterans, politicians and others. After a vigorous, national grassroots campaign by many organizations and individuals, H.R. 1726 was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on May...