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were some small buildings, painted in the crudest colors; each house appeared to be built for some particular purpose: one was the dining room, another the kitchen, a writing room, and so on. The structure had little open spaces, was blazed in the sun and had wonderful landscapes painted on the walls. At a little distance were straw-thatched huts with a lone broad bench used for bed and table for servants and soldiers.
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Carrera opened the fort on 25 May 1846, with a mass in the old El
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government; it was also known as «Carrera Castle». San José Fort was located where later
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was declared mentally unfit to continue in office, after 22 years. He resisted this designation and settled for a fight from his residence in "La Palma", which was a large enclosed area with roads crossing both ways, without any real aspect of park or garden arrangement. Tumbled together in a group
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The shooting at first accounted for as many friends as enemies, but after white badges bearing the name "Unionista" were distributed, the fire was more effective. A few hours later all males in the city were wearing that token in their hat, and there were even some that had a portrait of the new
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During these days there was reason to fear that the
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streets were deserted and bloodshed commenced in earnest. The
Unionists were caught off-guard: their organization was deficient, and they had almost no weapons, but they were able to remedy the situation. Government buildings were systematically plundered and ransacked and they got arms and
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On April 9, 1920, Guatemala City was awakened with machine-gun fire and shells dropping close in every quarter of the city. In "La Palma" French field-howitzers and seventy-fives with anti-aircraft sights, quick firing guns and machine guns were drawn up; on the other hand, in
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In 1843, Carrera appointed the city builder José María
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to power in 1839 and after the failed second invasion of Morazán in 1840, general
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Honduras Omoa Castle, Carrera used San José to settle all the equipment. In 1866 sergeant Emilio Rascón was appointed as fort commander, establishing very rigid discipline.
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president on their chest. On the government side, steady fire was maintained from "La Palma" and the two forts of San José and Matamoros. Cars with the
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flag dashed incessantly, carrying a sister on the footboard with her medical supplies on one hand and a machete stuck in her belt.
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in a family portrait. The prince was in Guatemala during the Tragic Week and wrote his experiences from it in his book
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