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01-28-2008, 04:40 PM
A mass at the Santa Barbara church in Old Santo Domingo kicked off activities commemorating the celebration of Duarte's birthday on Saturday. Thousands of schoolchildren across the country walked, marched or ambled to the local Duarte statue and put down floral wreaths. In Santo Domingo, school children went to the Altar de la Patria in Independence Park to present their flowers. At the main celebration, Vice President Rafael Alburquerque accompanied the Minister of Education and the president of the Duarte Foundation to honor the memory of the Dominican Republic's Founding Father. In 1844, Duarte, accompanied by Ramon Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sanchez began the rebellion that ended with Dominican independence from Haiti. According to Education Minister Alejandrina German, the most important thing is "to emulate Duarte's respect for patriotic values, for honesty and for honest use of the nation's resources."
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