FRANCISCO SANCHEZ DEL ROSARIO

"On February 27, 1844, a young man who lived wandering and exiled by the Haitian government, and whose funeral had already been held, appeared as if in an apparition to his fellow citizens, calling them to arms. God, Country and Liberty were his war cries, and his heroic emblem a crossed flag. The Dominicans responded to this sublime alert with all the enthusiasm of patriotism, and a new republican star shone in the skies of America. . . . The first soldier of independence, he died with the nationality and independence of the country. In 1844 he became a great and heroic public figure, and died a great and heroic man in 1861."   Manuel Rodríguez Objío, "Relations," 1870.

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Updated: 4 June 2008