Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
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Francisco del Rosario Sánchez 🇩🇴

Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (Known as "Padre de la Patria")
Founding Father of the Dominican Republic, Martyr of San Juan de la Maguana
Born 1817-03-09 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Passed Away 1861-07-04 San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
Lifespan 44 years old
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"I am the Dominican flag; tell the Dominican people that I died with my face to the sun defending their sovereignty."

Archival Overview

Heroic Founding Father of the Dominican Republic who unfurled the national flag at the Puerta del Conde on February 27, 1844, and was executed by firing squad in 1861 for armed resistance against annexation to Spain.

Biographical Record

Francisco del Rosario Sánchez was born in Santo Domingo on March 9, 1817. Taking leadership of La Trinitaria while Duarte was forced into foreign exile, Sánchez organized the final revolutionary conspiracy alongside Matías Ramón Mella.

On the historic night of February 27, 1844, at the Puerta del Conde gate, Sánchez proclaimed Dominican independence and raised the national flag. When dictator Pedro Santana treasonously annexed the republic back to Spain in 1861, Sánchez invaded from Haiti to restore sovereignty. Captured in an ambush, he was shot by firing squad on July 4, 1861.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Altar de la Patria (Mausoleum of the Founding Fathers)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
GPS: 18.4710, -69.8920
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