Dominican Republic Hispanic Heritage Month My Country that I Love!!! September 30, 2020

Derick Ecarnacion Pineda I love the Dominican Republic. It is my country!

I grew up in the Dominican Republic. I respect my country, and soon I will see the DR again. I will wait to return to my country. The Dominican Republic will live for my whole life in my heart, and I will never forget it. For Ms. Garden “The Dominican Republic is a country located in Central America and the Caribbean, which is located in the central area of ​​the Antilles, in the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. It is one of the thirteen countries that make up Insular America, the Antilles or islands of the Caribbean Sea, and one of the thirty-five of the American continent. Its capital and most populated city is Santo Domingo.” Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic Beautiful Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic has the best beaches in the world. They are beautiful and resplendent. Statue of Juan Pablo Duarte

“Juan Pablo Duarte was the Dominican who freed the the Haitians. He also founded the freedom of the Dominicans. Duarte was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic. As one of the most celebrated figures in Dominican history, Duarte is considered a folk hero and revolutionary visionary in the modern Dominican Republic. Duarte worked with the military general Ramon Matias Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez. They organized and promoted the Trinitario movement that eventually led to the Dominican revolt and independence from Haitian rule in 1844 and the start of a decennial Dominican War of Independence.”

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pablo_Duarte Countries close to the Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico, Cuba, and Haiti

are countries close to the Dominican Republic. Dominican University https://www.britannica.com/place/Autonomous-University-of- Santo-Domingo

There are not many universities in the Dominican Republic; however, the universities are very good and pretty. The Vega

I lived near a field named the Vega, and I learned many things along this path. I passed from the entrance to my house that is a little distance from there. Dominican Food

The food that is consumed daily in the Dominican Republic is "La Bandera" which consists of white rice, stewed beans and stewed meat (whatever type but preferably chicken, pork or beef). Spanish Español

Spanish is the most important language in the Dominicand Republic.