Celebrate Dominican Restoration Day!
Dominican Restoration Day commemorates "El grito de Capotillo" who started the Dominican Restoration War on August 16, 1863.
The island of Hispaniola, which today is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, had a long struggle to free itself from foreign domination.
TainoThe island was the original center of the indigenous Taíno culture.
SpanishIn December 1492, Christopher Columbus claimed the island for Spain. The Spaniards destroyed the Taíno way of life and brought in the Africans as slave labor.
After French, British, and Haitian invasions in the 1790s and early 1800s, Haiti gained independence in 1804 and eastern Hispaniola became a Spanish colony again in 1809.
HaitianIn 1822, the Haitians occupied the entire island and slavery was abolished.
Dominican independenceOn February 27, 1844, Dominican patriots declared their independence from Haiti. This is what we celebrate as Dominican Independence Day.
SpanishIn 1861, the Dominican Republic was bankrupted by its leaders who eventually gave up and returned the country to Spain.
Dominican restorationOn August 16, 1863, ~ El grito de Capotillo (the cry of Capotillo) marked the beginning of the Dominican War of Restoration.
The Dominican Republic finally became free in 1865 when the Spaniards abandoned the colony.
History continued with periods of American domination, the Trujillo dictatorship and a civil war.
The fourth Dominican Republic has been more or less stable since 1966. We had to free ourselves from the Spaniards, from slavery, from the French, from the British, from the Haitians and from the Americans.
Once the nation becomes free, each of us as individuals faces an internal struggle to be free.
On August 16, 1863, a group of Dominican patriots led by Santiago Rodríguez attacked the border town of Dajabon and raised the Dominican flag on Capotillo Hill.
El grito de Capotillo (The Cry of Capotillo) was the trigger for the Dominican War of Restoration. The fight between the Dominican rebels and the Spanish forces continued until 1865 when the Queen of Spain Isabella II decided to abandon the colony to avoid facing the Americans of the United States who had just ended their civil war. /p>
¡Quisqueya!
Dominican New York
Dominican Restoration Day commemorates "El grito de Capotillo" who started the Dominican Restoration War on August 16, 1863.
The island of Hispaniola, which today is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, had a long struggle to free itself from foreign domination.
TainoThe island was the original center of the indigenous Taíno culture.
SpanishIn December 1492, Christopher Columbus claimed the island for Spain. The Spaniards destroyed the Taíno way of life and brought in the Africans as slave labor.
After French, British, and Haitian invasions in the 1790s and early 1800s, Haiti gained independence in 1804 and eastern Hispaniola became a Spanish colony again in 1809.
HaitianIn 1822, the Haitians occupied the entire island and slavery was abolished.
Dominican independenceOn February 27, 1844, Dominican patriots declared their independence from Haiti. This is what we celebrate as Dominican Independence Day.
SpanishIn 1861, the Dominican Republic was bankrupted by its leaders who eventually gave up and returned the country to Spain.
Dominican restorationOn August 16, 1863, ~ El grito de Capotillo (the cry of Capotillo) marked the beginning of the Dominican War of Restoration.
The Dominican Republic finally became free in 1865 when the Spaniards abandoned the colony.
History continued with periods of American domination, the Trujillo dictatorship and a civil war.
The fourth Dominican Republic has been more or less stable since 1966. We had to free ourselves from the Spaniards, from slavery, from the French, from the British, from the Haitians and from the Americans.
Once the nation becomes free, each of us as individuals faces an internal struggle to be free.
On August 16, 1863, a group of Dominican patriots led by Santiago Rodríguez attacked the border town of Dajabon and raised the Dominican flag on Capotillo Hill.
El grito de Capotillo (The Cry of Capotillo) was the trigger for the Dominican War of Restoration. The fight between the Dominican rebels and the Spanish forces continued until 1865 when the Queen of Spain Isabella II decided to abandon the colony to avoid facing the Americans of the United States who had just ended their civil war. /p>
¡Quisqueya!
Dominican New York
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