The Dominican Republic celebrated its 180th Independence Day on Tuesday, 27 February 2024. A military parade delighted audiences in the capital city.
In commemoration, Google produced a Doodle with the Dominican flag. In Canada, the Niagara Falls donned the colors of the Dominican flag for a short tribute to Dominican independence on the date.
Dominican independence commemorates the date in 1844 that marks when the country stopped being governed by Haiti, after two decades of occupation.
It marks the culmination of the efforts of the trio of patricians led by Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario Sanchez and Ramon Matias Mella. Mella fired the blast that marked the declaration of the Dominican nation as free and independent.
In the Dominican Republic, Independence Day coincides with the presidential rendering of accounts of the year, a military parade and a day off for all to celebrate with friends and family.
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Diario Libre
The Independent
28 February 2024