After the conference the Republican training will kick off the election campaign with a traditional feast and putting up posters
Murcia Republicans organized for tomorrow, Thursday November 3, at 18.00 an act of historical memory in our region.
The researcher of historical and No 2 of the application to the Congress of Deputies, Floren Dimas Zalacaín presented at the bar (Calle Enrique Villar, 13, Murcia), "A History of 36: Revolution and counterrevolution in Murcia".
At the conference, Dimas explained as "the fascist coup of July 18, 1936, had as protagonists in a complex web Murcia military, which was about to reach its goal. His failure was due to the performance of improvised militia but above all, the courageous determination of Colonel Jorge Cabanyes Mata, who commanded the Light Artillery Regiment No. 6, and aided by a small group of loyal, dissolved the plot, but not before having to overcome a shaky mesh espionage and treason. "
Floren Dimas, is a historical researcher who has spent many years working on issues related to the Republic and the Civil War in the region, which will make its presentation in Murcia, with a theme absolutely unprecedented in the charismatic characters that will be, faced by their loyalty to the Republic, or by their commitment to partisan movement.
Cabanyes Colonel was shot by the victors at the end of civil war, but thanks to him, Murcia during the civil war was one of the bastions of the rear most active Republican.
This talk is a tribute to a Catalan and a regiment Colonel Murcia, covering one of the most critical pages of the history of the region, and the Second Republic.
After the conference, Murcia Republican party has organized a campaign to start moving to the traditional 0.00ha putting up posters.
The site chosen by Republicans to start the campaign in Murcia is the St. Andrew Public School (Bowling Street, Barrio de San Andrés).
Source: Republicanos Murcia