25 de Abril, 2024
A poster marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of the Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal.
The cravo (carnation) is a symbol of freedom and resistance.
In the 1960s, independence movements were growing in the African colonies of Portuguese Mozambique, Congo, Angola, and Guinea. On April 25, 1974, members of the Portuguese military who opposed the regime, without firing any shots, overthrew their authoritarian government.
As people filled the streets to celebrate the end of the dictatorship, it is said that a restaurant worker named Celeste presented carnations to the soldiers. Flower sellers followed suit, placing carnations in the muzzles of the soldiers’ guns. We continue to commemorate the revolution every year on April 25 with red cravos.
Fascismo nunca mais! Power to the people, always.
In the 1960s, independence movements were growing in the African colonies of Portuguese Mozambique, Congo, Angola, and Guinea. On April 25, 1974, members of the Portuguese military who opposed the regime, without firing any shots, overthrew their authoritarian government.
As people filled the streets to celebrate the end of the dictatorship, it is said that a restaurant worker named Celeste presented carnations to the soldiers. Flower sellers followed suit, placing carnations in the muzzles of the soldiers’ guns. We continue to commemorate the revolution every year on April 25 with red cravos.
Fascismo nunca mais! Power to the people, always.