20th July: Colombian Independence Day!
Colombian Independence Day is celebrated annually on the 20th July. The event marks the day that, in 1810, the residents of Bogotá were stirred into protesting on the streets against Spanish rule. A limited independence, later made permanent, was decreed in the country, freeing Colombia from the Spanish.
The riot was sparked under unusual circumstances, although the plan is said to have been designed in advance. The plan was for a selection of Bogota citizens to ask the Spanish merchant Joaquín González Llorente for a vase. It was assumed - correctly - that Llorente, an uncharitable man, would refuse. This refusal would give an excuse to start the riot. Accounts differ on whether Llorente rudely denied the request or not, but the end result was the same: Patriots took to the streets claiming that Llorente had been rude and an already bubbling population eventually overflowed.
FUN FACTS:
* The first municipality that proclaimed its complete indepence was Santa Cruz de Monpox on August 6, 1810.
* After July 20, 1810, six battle ocurred thet they made up the war of independence. The most remembered is the battle of Boyaca, fought on August 7, 1819.
* In the act of independence, there are no important names like Antonio Nariño, Francisco de Paula Santander aor Simon Bolivar.
* On May 8, 1873, It was decreed the date of the declaration of the independence as holiday.
Patriotic Symbols
coat of arms
It's divided into three horizontal stripes:
- The upper band, on a blue field, has in the center a golden pomegranate red open grained, with stem and leaves of gold. The grenade denotes the name he bore this republic, and cornucopias, its rich mines and the fertility of their land.
- It has in its center a Phrygian cap horned into a spear, a symbol of freedom.
- At the lower end is the Isthmus of Panama was part of Colombia in the past, with its two adjacent seas wavy silver, and a black ship, under sail in each. This El condor symbolizing freedom.
Colombia's flag
The flag of the Republic of Colombia is composed by three colors distributed in three horizontal stripes.
- The yellow color represents Colombia's gold and natural wealthiness.
- The blue color represents the two oceans that border Colombia, the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, rivers and the sky.
- The red color represents the blood of the patriots that fought against the Spanish monarchy to gain the independence of Colombia.
national anthem
The independence of Colombia was a process that consisted of several rebellions, confrontations and crises, since it was until the year 1819 when, thanks to the victory in the Battle of Boyacá, the Congress of Angostura and the official birth of the Republic of Colombia. However, July 20, 1810 was the date decreed by the United States Congress of Colombia as the anniversary of the proclamation of national independence.
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