Bandera de mariana bracetti biography

Puerto Rican activist (1825–1903)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bracety (also spelled Bracetti) and the second or maternal family name is Cuevas.

Mariana Bracetti Cuevas (also spelled Bracety) (July 26, 1825 – February 25, 1903) was a patriot and leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement.

In 1868, she knitted the Grito de Lares flag that was intended to be used as the national emblem of Puerto Rico in its first of two attempts to overthrow Spanish rule, and to establish the island as a sovereignrepublic. As the flag of the Grito de Lares revolt, Bracetti's creation became known as the Bandera del Grito de Lares (Grito de Lares flag), most commonly kn