Roberto Clemente honored with statue in South End
Roberto Clemente, the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder, has been celebrated for his baseball career, but a new Boston statue in his memory aims to recognize his service as a Marine and humanitarian, The Boston Globe reported.
The monument to Clemente was unveiled Thursday in a South End square that is dedicated to Puerto Rican veterans, the Globe reported. Clemente, who is considered one of the greatest Puerto Rican-born baseball players of all time, died in a plane crash in 1972 while traveling to Nicaragua to provide aid after an earthquake.
“Roberto was a humanitarian, a man of compassion, and a positive role model for people of all ages,’’ Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said at the statue’s unveiling. “He was dedicated to helping people right up to the end of his life, his last days. He loved his homeland of Puerto Rico, and as a Puerto Rican player in the major leagues here in America, he was symbol of progress and of hope.’’
Read the full Globe story here.
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