“God, Homeland and Freedom!” Today we commemorate the birth of Francisco Rosario Sánchez
Santo Domingo – This Sunday, March 9, the Dominican Republic commemorates the birth of one of the patricians who fought until he died for the country’s freedom and independence; we celebrate the birth of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez.
Sanchez, one of the three fathers of the Nation, was born in Santo Domingo in 1817. He was a lawyer, soldier, and politician.
After Juan Pablo Duarte’s exile, he assumed the independence movement’s leadership. At just 27 years of age, together with other patriots, that night of February 27, 1844, they took the Puerta del Conde. After hearing the “trabucazo” of Matías Ramon Mella, he raised the Dominican flag, shouting at the top of his lungs the motto: God, Homeland and Freedom!, the new country being founded, the Dominican Republic.
The patrician was shot by order of the president of the time, Pedro Santana, who classified him as a traitor. He died on July 4, 1861, in San Juan de la Maguana, at 44.
Quotes from the patrician Francisco Rosario Sánchez
1. Separation, God, Homeland and Freedom, Dominican Republic!
2. “Tell everyone that I am the National Flag, the Dominican Flag.”
3. My homeland is sold. That is enough.
4. I enter through Haiti because I cannot do it anywhere else, but if someone tries to sully my name because of that, tell them that I am the Dominican Flag.
5. Tell the Dominicans that I die with the homeland and for the motherland, and to my family that they do not want to avenge my death.
6. To fly the Dominican flag, it was necessary to shed the blood of the Sanchez; to lower it, you also need that of the Sanchez.
7. “I am the National Flag!”