Puerto Rico’s Festival de las Máscaras Gets Colorful And Loud

If this time of year is a little too drab and grey for your tastes, head to Puerto Rico’s northern coast for Festival de las Máscaras de Hatillo: the Festival of Masks. Plus: today in 1894, the birth of Burnita Matthews, the first woman to serve as a federal district judge in the US. In 1919 she managed to make silence speak volumes. Festival de las Máscaras de Hatillo (Discovering Puerto Rico)  Burnita S. Matthews Dies at 93; First Woman on U.S. Trial Courts (New York Times) Join the parade of supporters on our Patreon page