Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located together with Haiti in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. Santo Domingo is the capital and largest city. Spanish is the official country’s language.
Christopher Columbus landed on the island in 1492, soon after Santo Domingo became the first permanent Spanish colony in the Americas. After more than three hundred years of Spanish rule the Dominican people declared independence in 1821. However, without under Spanish custody the country was annexed by Haiti in 1822. Independence came 22 years later after the victory of the Dominican War of Independence of 1844.
Over the next years the country experienced internal conflicts and a brief return to colonial status during the Dominican War of Restoration of 1863–1865. A United States occupation lasted eight years between 1916 and 1924, and a subsequent calm six-year period under Horacio Vásquez was followed by the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo from 1930 to 1961. The civil war of 1965 was ended by U.S. military occupation and was followed by authoritarian rules. Since 1996, the Dominican Republic has moved toward representative democracy.
In MedalBook, the country is organized by Orders, Medals & Decorations, and Badges & Insignia.
Ross, Robert L. and Alan M. Stahl. From a Thankful Nation, Latin America Medals & Orders in the Robert L. Ross Collection. Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Library, 2014.
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