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Portugal was reborn, there was sunshine, people smiling and flowers, and
freedom could be felt everywhere.
It was April the 25 th.
Before, people in Portugal didn't have freedom of thinking,
speaking or living their lives without the fear of being arrested. Every
suspicious action against the dictatorship was punished and all young
men were sent to the colonial war in Africa.
The images of that war were
one of the things that surprised us, because we hadn't thought there
existed so much violence and disrespect for human rights. Something had
to be done to finish that situation.
Thanks to the courage of captain Maia and others, the country starts a
revolution that will change about everything. It is surprising how a
bunch of men could have fought and made the difference in our history.
When people started to have conscience of what the army was doing they
began to celebrate the country' s newly born freedom and joined the
soldiers in the streets of Lisbon, screaming things like:
"sexual freedom," "men to the kitchen" and "down with the colonial
war".
Carnations were distributed and demonstrations of happiness filled
the air .
Marta Reis ,
Natacha , Marco ,
10.ºB - ( 2004-2005 )
Before April 25th. took place, people couldn't express their thoughts or
ideas in any way that could affect the current dictatorship and even in
their own homes they didn't feel safe to do it.
They could even be
denounced by their closest friends who, after all, were undercover
agents of PIDE, the regime's secrete police.
After 25th April
people couldn't believe that giant weight had lifted off their
shoulders. They were FREE
at last!
Vasco , 10.ºC - ( 2004 -
2005 )
Before
the 25th. of April, people lived in despair: they couldn't speak freely
and when they tried to express their ideas they were arrested.
Little
by little they started to organise themselves and the army made a plan
to put an end to dictatorship, because the Portuguese people were very
unhappy.
As
dawn broke on that 25th, a radio station played "Grândola Vila
Morena", a sort of a code song.
The revolutionary soldiers left
their barracks and marched to Lisbon.
They occupied the principal media
stations and laid siege to a building in 'Largo do Carmo', where Marcelo
Caetano, the head of government, was hiding
When
the population realized that it was a left-wing revolution, they felt very
happy and started to give carnations to the military, who put them in
their guns.
And
this was the most beautiful revolution ever, its red colour coming from
flowers instead of blood.
Daniela and
Octávio - 10.º
C ( 2004-2005 )
Before
the 25th of April, the Portuguese felt oppressed and were afraid of
expressing their opinions openly.
The
soldiers and the population in general were tired of years and years of
a meaningless war overseas.
These
feelings motivated a union between the people and a section of the
military, which originated a revolution, the "Carnations Revolution",
led by young captains of the Portuguese army, who carried out a daring
coup.
Thousands
of people went out into the streets screaming in joy and living their
newly born liberty.
Catarina Tomé, Rute, Joana, Soraia
- 10.º C
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