Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte. Born on January 25, 1813 in Santo Domingo to a Spanish father from Jeréz de la Frontera and a Dominican mother from El Seibo. He is the main founder of La Trinitaria which achieved the independence of the Dominicans by the creation of the Dominican Republic on February 27, 1844. He also fought under the order of General Gregorio Luperón in the Restaurarion War against Spain from 1863 to 1865. That too was an independence war as re-established what was lost in 1861, the Dominican Republic. He died in Caracas, Venezuela on July 15, 1876.
“The whites, the blacks, the amerindians and the mixed;
Marching serene, daring and united;
Lets save our country from horrible tyrants;
And show the world that we are brothers.”
– Juan Pablo Duarte
“The whites, the blacks, the amerindians and the mixed;
Marching serene, daring and united;
Lets save our country from horrible tyrants;
And show the world that we are brothers.”
– Juan Pablo Duarte
