Independence Day in Dominican Republic
On February 27, 1844 the independence of the Dominican Republic was proclaimed, as a result of the war for the independence, - the republic has separated from Haiti.
The penultimate day of February is a national holiday in the Dominican Republic. It is celebrated with military parades, festive events in schools and universities of the country.
Dominicans remember with gratitude Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario Sanchez and Ramon Matias Mella for their struggle for freedom of all the Dominican people.
Every year on February 27, the President of the Dominican Republic make a report for the country about the last year of his government.
Death is a strange thing. Each of us knows that someday he will get into a dark realm of severe Hades, and at the very moment when will want to live triple. The Mexicans know it too. However, they treat it are philosophically and, rather than to mourn the dead, prefer to remember them, arranging festive processions and carnivals.
On 21th of March Mexico remembers its national hero – Benito Juarez. This great man was born on the first day of the Mexican spring in 1806.