25 De Abril - Happy Independence Portugal

Happy day of independence to Portugal! A fellow Flickr friend/photographer who lives in Portugal reminded with this picture that Portugal has celebrated their 34 year of Independence on April 25. It was the revolution that was accomplished without blood shed. Instead people put carnations in the guns of the soldiers.

My Dad left the country 6 years prior to the revolution. I remember when it happened everybody ( my parents and other immigrants in the US) wondered and worried if Portugal would become a communist state/country. At the time my parents were afraid that they would lose what little they had there. Luckily things turned out for the best and Portugal became a democracy.

Here is the picture BB my Flickr friend took.