Heroes' Day in Cape Verde
Heroes' Day is a public holiday in Cape Verde on January 20. It commemorates the 1973 assassination of AmÃlcar Cabral, who is remembered as a hero for fighting western colonialism and exploitation.
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Famous quotes containing the words day and/or cape:
“The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day.
What instruments we have agree
The day of his death was a dark cold day.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“A solitary traveler whom we saw perambulating in the distance loomed like a giant. He appeared to walk slouchingly, as if held up from above by straps under his shoulders, as much as supported by the plain below. Men and boys would have appeared alike at a little distance, there being no object by which to measure them. Indeed, to an inlander, the Cape landscape is a constant mirage.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)