The sister of the nation’s founding father Juan Pablo Duarte has been rightfully placed in the National Pantheon. Rosa Protomártir Duarte Díez was honored 133 years after her death that occurred in 1888. She played an outstanding role in the Trinitarian Society started by her brother that conspired and achieved the national independence against Haitian dominance in 1844.
A solemn ceremony took place to exalt Rosa Duarte to the National Pantheon.
Duarte Institute president, Wilson Gomez Ramirez highlighted the virtues of the heroine, specifying that “this exceptional woman played important roles in the societies created to liberate the homeland and create the Dominican state.”
He said that Rosa Duarte manufactured ammunition, participated in the many theatrical presentations to bring patriotic awareness to the people and acted with singular courage and high sense of responsibility.
“Rosa Duarte also taught her greatness with lessons of detachment. She donated her wealth in favor of the patriotic cause and she resisted the repression put into practice against her family before and after the proclamation of the Republic,” said Gómez Ramírez.
Culture Minister Carmen Heredia; Luis Martin Gomez, promoter of Rosa Duarte’s transfer to the Pantheon, and Juan Pablo Uribe, president of the Committee of Patriotic Celebrations, were among those present for the ceremony.
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29 March 2021