Authorities of the Revolutionary Government and councilors of the Libertador municipality, commemorate, with a solemn session, the 215 anniversary of April 19, 1810, the day that Venezuela took its first step towards independence, from the chapel of Santa Rosa de Lima.
From early hours the solemn acts with the raising of the national flag by the cadets of the Military Academy of Venezuela and the Ministerial Train against the National Pantheon in Caracas.
Earlier, the mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez together with outstanding personalities led the floral offering before the equestrian statue of El Libertador Simón Bolívar, in the heart of the Venezuelan capital, as part of the commemorative acts.
On April 19, 1810, Bolivarian dream began
During the solemn session of the Legislative Council of Caracas, the speaker of order, Nicolás Maduro Guerra said that in Caracas, that April 19, 1810, the Bolivarian dream began in the Plaza Bolívar and joining the path of freedom and independence.
He added that the foundations of the Spanish domain, which then allowed a group of Creoles and Mantuans led by great independentists such as Francisco de Miranda, Andrés Bello and Simón Bolívar, proclaimed the independence of Venezuela. This historical act was a crucial step in the struggle for the emancipation of the country of the Spanish crown.
Then, he said that since then, on April 19 it has become an emblematic date that “evidences the value and determination of those who fought for freedom and independence.”
In general, he said that on April 19, 1810, the Venezuelan people planted before the Spanish Empire to begin writing their own history, which, from colonization, was intervened and governed by the Spanish yoke that demanded subordination, and loyalty to the King of Spain.
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