Today the Dominican Republic commemorates the 158th anniversary of its Restoration “Restauración” War. This war took place to gain back our sovereignty after being handed to Spain by Pedro Santana, only 17 years after the country had proclaimed its Independence. The Dominican Restoration War lasted from 1863 – 1865 in the Dominican Republic between nationalists and Spain. On […]
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Today marks the 154th anniversary of the Restoration War
Today the Dominican Republic commemorates the 154th anniversary of its Restoration “Restauración” War. This war took place to gain back our sovereignty after being handed to Spain by Pedro Santana, only 17 years after the country had proclaimed its Independence of the Haitian domain.
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Today (August 16th) the Dominican Republic celebrates its “restoration”
Today, Friday the 16th of August the Dominican Republic comerorates a very important date in their history – the restoration of their independence. This holiday celebrates the getting back of the country’s sovereignty after being handed to Spain. For it so happened that 17 years after regaining Independence in 1844, Pedro Santana, then President of […]