In a small valley 5 km from nowhere there is a village build against the slope of a hill. What is now farm land and used to be swamp is the spot of an historic battle between weary starved Colombian peasants and the Spanish army. As I understand it, this was the last of the effort that could be mustered by Bolivar and his forces trying to free themselves from colonial rule.
The odds where against them, but the land was for them. The hid in the trees on the top of the hill and waited. When the time came they fought with the force of people who have nothing left to lose but the hope of freedom. Today a towering statue caps the hill that overlooks the valley.
The pictures don't capture the strength, energy and power of this monument. It could be said that this is the Gettysburg of Colombia... or the Bunker hill. The monument currently rests in Vargas, Colombia in Boyaca. July 25, 1816.
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