Revolucao dos Cravos

(a bit of history) it´s always good to know. This Revolution was called "Revolucao dos Cravos", because of this flower you see in the picture. In the dawn of 25th of April 1974, the milatary entered Lisbon and took down the government, Portugal lived in a dictatorship for several years. There were no victms, and the soldiers started putting these red flowers (given by a lady who was selling flowers in the street)in their rifles, has a sign of Peace and Freedom! After this revolution started a period of Democracy that continued until our days.