[News] Reincorporation of Tacna to Peru: 91 years of a fact of Peruvian pride after the War with Chile

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91 years have passed since a historical event that made Tacna the cradle of Peru. On August 28, 1929, this city rejoined Peru after being under Chilean occupation for about fifty years.

Today, in the midst of a pandemic, there will be no public activities, but there will be a historical lesson, as Viviana Cohaíla, president of the Meritorious Society of Mutual Aid and Ladies of Tacna, says.

"We Tacneños are going to give a show of civility by celebrating inside our houses, just as the Tacneños did during captivity when celebrating the national holidays inside their home, teaching their children to love Peru, to sing the hymn and to defend their homeland, "he told RPP Noticias.

What is the historical significance of the reincorporation of Tacna to Peru? Historian Luis Cavagnaro responds that the commemoration of August 28 is a commitment to our history.

 

 

“Tacna demonstrated, in almost 50 years, despite the deaths, the massive expulsions, the harassment, and an unwavering love for Peru. As a border, Tacna has the most painful border of all the borders of Peru. We also remember that on the other side of the Line of Concord were Arica and Tarapacá. In such a way that it is an ambiguous feeling. On the one hand, the happiness of having returned to the homeland and on the other, of having asked for two sister provinces, "he said.

Cavagnaro also considered the contribution of history. "The tacneño always knows that his history is an intercessor of love for the country. All the events of his history are linked to them. History is simply an impeller, an obligation, a categorical one for us to build a future in which the greats predominate. values of solidarity, justice and integral development ", he affirmed.