THE INDEPENDENCE OF

THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
During the Haitian occupation, Juan Pablo Duarte, from Santo Domingo, created a secret society
called "La Trinitarian" and planned a coup against the Haitian rulers. On February 27, 1844, Juan
Pablo Duarte and the rest of "La Trinitarian" achieved the independence of the Dominican Republic as
a sovereign state with a cannon shot from the "Puerta del Conde" in Santo Domingo and raised the
blue, red and white flag. white from the Dominican Republic.

Today, on Dominican Independence Day, locals honor their founding fathers, Juan Pablo Duarte,
Ramón Matías Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez at the “Puerta del Conde”, in Santo
Domingo, where the declaration of independence took place. the war of the independence.