Pazzis Cemetery of Old San Juan. Legacy Puerto Rico has honored his memory by naming public buildings, avenues and schools after him. The airport in Aguadilla is named Rafael Hernández Airport. There are schools in New York City, Boston, and in Newark, New Jersey named after Rafael Hernández. Renowned Puerto Rican sculptor Tomás Batista created a statue of Hernández which is in the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, the repository of his works, operates a small museum in his honor at its Metropolitan Campus in San Juan which is directed by his son, Alejandro (Chalí) Hernández. The Hernandez Houses housing complex in New York City is named after Rafael Hernández. At the behest former senator Lucy Arce, the Senate of Puerto Rico, under the first term of Thomas Rivera Schatz built the Rafael Hernández Plaza with a bigger-than-lifesize statue of the composer, and a statue of a Puerto Rican jíbaro riding a horse honoring his Lamento Borincano. The park is located at the easternmost tip of San Juan's Paseo de la Covadonga. Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony recorded Hernández's "Preciosa" and sang the song in a 2005 concert in New York City's Madison Square Garden. According to an article in the New York Times: In 1969, Puerto Rican actor Orlando Rodriguez played Hernandez in the bio-pic El Jibarito Rafael, which was directed by the Mexican actor Julián Soler. In 1999, Hernández was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame. On March 23, 2001, Casa Hernandez, the music store which served as Hernandez's booking agency and base of operations, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, reference #01000244, as "Casa Amadeo, antigua Casa Hernandez". Military decorations and awards Among Hernández's military decorations are the following: French Croix de guerre World War I Victory Medal See also African immigration to Puerto Rico List of Puerto Ricans Puerto Ricans in World War I Puerto Rican songwriters References External links DVD La Musica de Rafael Hernandez (BPPR 1965) Legran Orchestra "El Cumbanchero" Salsa Mp3· ISWC T-0425394622 Rafael Hernández recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. 1892 births 1965 deaths Burials at Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery 20th-century Puerto Rican musicians Puerto Rican composers Puerto Rican male composers Puerto Rican Army personnel United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army soldiers People from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Recipients of the