Ramón Matías Mella
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Ramón Matías Mella 🇩🇴

Ramón Matías Mella Castillo (Known as "Padre de la Patria")
Founding Father of the Dominican Republic, Vice-President, Master of Guerrilla Warfare
Born 1816-02-25 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Passed Away 1864-06-04 Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Lifespan 48 years old
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"Wrap me in the national flag; let no foreign emblem touch my bones."

Archival Overview

Founding Father of the Dominican Republic whose legendary blunderbuss shot (el trabucazo) at the Puerta de la Misericordia on February 27, 1844, signaled the birth of the Republic, later drafting guerrilla tactics.

Biographical Record

Ramón Matías Mella Castillo was born in Santo Domingo on February 25, 1816. Joining La Trinitaria in 1838, Mella was Duarte's most daring military strategist, negotiating alliances with anti-Boyer reformist forces.

On the night of February 27, 1844, when hesitation threatened the uprising at the Puerta de la Misericordia, Mella boldly fired his blunderbuss (trabucazo) into the sky, rallying the patriots to seize the garrison. In the 1863 Restoration War against Spain, Mella served as Vice-President, authoring the army's manual on guerrilla warfare before dying wrapped in the national flag.

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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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