Military Base Chapel
Description
Chapel at the Borinquen Field Military Base in Aguadilla. It has a four-sided tower at the center of the façade. The bottom part of the tower is a porch with three semicircular arches. The top part of the tower has eight semicircular arches and no roof. It has wooden arched double doors and windows. The walls look deteriorated, not painted. In front of the chapel there is an Ylang ylang tree, and behind it, there are various palm trees. In 1948, the name of this military base changed to Ramey Air Force Base.| Origin Name |
CJHO0056(a)
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| Relation |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Sección X, Serie 3, Colección José H. Orraca
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| Geographical Coverage |
Aguadilla
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| Date |
1940-08-23
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| Descriptive Notes |
Title assigned by the cataloging team.
The front of the image has a printed inscription.
Back. inscription: "If used for publication photo by U.S. Army Air Corps 27th Recon. Sqdn. Photo Section Borinquen Field Puerto Rico credit line must read."
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| Descripción decolonial |
This small, already deteriorating, chapel at Borinquen Field Military Base, also known as Ramey Air Force Base, encapsulates the entropic forces of Christianity, colonialism, and militarism. Constructed during American imperialism in Puerto Rico, it mirrors the blurred lines between religious, national, and imperial goals. The chapel’s evident decay in a tropical scene symbolizes the lasting environmental and cultural impact of military presence. As a visual relic, it prompts reflection on the complex legacies of Christianity, which has been used to justify colonial endeavors in the Americas and Caribbean since at least 1492. The historical context, coupled with present-day issues like PFAS contamination, unravels the intertwined narratives of power dynamics, cultural imposition, and environmental degradation in Puerto Rico.
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| Rights |
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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