The obelisk was built in 1948. It replaced the original obelisk built shortly after the 25 January 1899 fire, but which was destroyed by the 1918 San Fermín earthquake. The obelisk was erected by a city board consisting of Jaime L. Drew, Antonio Arias, and Antonio Mirabal. This monument is different from &lt;a href="Monumento%20a%20los%20heroes%20de%20El%20Polvor%C3%ADn%20%28tomb%29"&gt;the obelisk/tomb built in 1911&lt;/a&gt;, and dedicated to the same men, and which stands at the Cementerio Civil de Ponce (Ponce Civil Cemetery).