 In 1952, on the 73rd anniversary of his death, the Bolivian Government repatriated Abaroa's body, burying it with full honors and in the midst of an impressive crowd (numbering in the tens of thousands) in the popular La Paz square that bears the hero's name.Plaza Abaroa ("Abaroa Square") also contains a large bronze statue of the Bolivian martyr, presented in full pose and defiance, as he would have looked the moment before his death.His country honored him with a series of stamps (Scott#365-370 and C157-162).