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She wanted to go and she did. 'Celeste dos Cravos' paraded on the Avenue (and there are images)
This Thursday, April 25, marks 50 years since Celeste Caeiro gave a red carnation to a soldier, thus becoming one of the main characters of the Revolution.
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País 50 Anos/25 Abril
In recent days, her granddaughter Carolina said that her grandmother Celeste was determined to participate in the parade for freedom, but her weakened health might not allow it, in addition to needing a wheelchair to get around.
And 'voilà': She wanted to go and she did. Despite serious vision, hearing and mobility problems, the nonagenarian was present at the 50th anniversary celebrations of April 25, accompanied by her granddaughter, holding carnations in her hands, a smile on her face and hope in her eyes.
This emotional moment was captured in images - which you can see in the photo gallery above.
"Go home? There's a Revolution going on..."
On that day, she said, the 'self-service' restaurant where she worked was celebrating its first anniversary. A party was planned but, upon arriving, Celeste and her colleagues were informed by the bosses that the establishment would not open its doors because there was a coup d'état taking place. The boss, who had ordered carnations to offer to customers and decorate the space, told them to take the flowers.
Celeste took her bouquet of red and white carnations and decided that she would not go home. "Go home? There's a Revolution going on...", she is said to have said. She headed to Rossio to see "what she had been waiting so long to happen".
"When I got to the corner, there on Rua do Carmo, where I passed by today, there were tanks and armored cars going to Carmo", Celeste told CNN Portugal.
It was then that she asked a soldier what they were doing there and if he needed anything. The soldier signaled that he "wanted a cigarette" and Celeste gave him a carnation instead, which the soldier placed on the barrel of his gun - and distributed all the others to the remaining soldiers who carried out the military operation to overthrow Salazar's regime - thus ending up becoming one of the protagonists of the Revolution.
"I suggest a statue of Dona Celeste"
The leader of Livre, Rui Tavares, spoke about this woman, suggesting the installation of a "statue of Dona Celeste".
"An ordinary Portuguese woman who invented the most beautiful revolutionary symbol, which went around the world, and who should be celebrated", explained Tavares.
The former president of the Assembly of the Republic, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, also referred to Celeste, as he walked down Avenida da Liberdade this afternoon. "I just hope that I can pay homage to the lady who was the first to give a carnation to a soldier", he said.
Read Also: "Emotional, expressive". PS, BE, PCP and IL praise participation in the parade (Portuguese version)
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