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Front: Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (1817-1861), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813-1876) and Matías Ramón Mella (1816-1864)

Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Juan Pablo Duarte, and Ramón Matías Mella are considered the founding fathers of the 1844 Dominican War of Independence.

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Front: Matias Ramon Mella (1816-1864), a national hero of Dominican Republic

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Front: Gregorio Luperon (1839-1897), Dominican Republic general

In 1879 General Gregorio Luperon became President of Dominican Republic. He embarked upon a variety of positive initiatives. He ratified a revised constitution, implemented economic, military and education reforms, and developed trading relations with Haiti. In 1880 Luperon recommended the Catholic Father Fernando Arturo de Merino as his successor. Father Fernando was sworn in as the next President of the tentatively progressing Dominican Republic.

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Front: Santa Maria la Menor Cathedral

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Front: Mirabal sisters - Patria Mercedes (1924-1960), Maria Argentina Minerva (1926-1960), Antonia María Teresa (1935-1960), anti-Trujillo activists

The four Mirabals sisters grew up in Salcedo, Dominican Republic during the era of the dictator Rafael Trujillo. Three of the sisters were assassinated by the dictator in 1960 for their involvement in efforts to overthrow the fascist government. The surviving sister, Bélgica (more commonly known as Dedé), lives in Salcedo, tending the museum in Ojo de Agua that commemorates her sisters. The Mirabal sisters, now national heroines of the Dominican Republic, have been immortalized in poem, fiction, art, and even with an international day dedicated to them.

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