On August 3, 1806, Francisco de Miranda landed at La Vela de Coro, on an expedition that began on February 2, 1806 in New York, and hoisted for the first time the national flag, on its mission to free Venezuela from the Spanish yoke.
To remember the first time the national flag was hoisted in Venezuelan territory, Commander Hugo Chávez decreed Flag Day on August 3, 2006.
The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, ratified the independentist character of the Venezuelan people, inspired by the tricolor flag hoisted for the first time 212 years ago.
Nicolás Maduro
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“212 years ago our National Flag was raised for the first time in La Vela de Coro by the hand of its creator, Admiral in Chief of the Homeland, Francisco de Miranda. Today we ratify the independentist character that we inherited, inspired by our tricolor flag.”
8:23 – 3 Aug 2018
The independence hero left on an expedition from New York to Venezuela on February 2, 1806. Miranda had a ship -called Leander- and two schooners with 200 men, gunpowder barrels, guns, rifles, pistols and swords.
His first incursion to Venezuelan soil was frustrated. When he arrived at the coasts of Ocumare the night of April 26, 1806, the colonial forces captured the two schooners, however Miranda managed to flee in the Leander.
On the island of Trinidad, on June 24, 1806, Miranda manages to reorganize his forces with the collaboration of British Governor Thomas Hislop, and departs again towards the Venezuelan coasts.
Upon his arrival on the coast of Coro, Miranda found a deserted city, which frustrated the plans of the first emancipatory movement of the Venezuelan 19th century.
