Gregorio Luperón
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Gregorio Luperón is best known for being a Dominican
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 military and state leader who was the main leader in the restoration
Dominican Restoration War
The Dominican Restoration War was a guerrilla war between 1863 and 1865 in the Dominican Republic between nationalists and Spain, who had recolonized the country 17 years after its independence...

 of the Dominican Republic after the Spanish annexation in 1863.

Gregorio Luperón was born 8 September 1839 in Puerto Plata to Pedro Castellanos and Nicolasa Luperón. His parents owned a Ventorrillo (small business) which forced their children to sell items such as piñonate, a local delicacy made of sweetened pine-nut kernels, on the street in order to help the family livelihood.

Around the age of 14, Gregorio began working for Pedro Eduardo Dubocq, an owner of a major company specializing in wood. While working there, he displayed a strong strength of character and a knack for getting any job assigned to him completed in the best possible fashion. Because of this, Mr. Dubocq promoted Gregorio to a management position. Mr. Dubocq also allowed Gregorio to spend time in his personal library because Gregorio wanted to enrich his intellect.

In 1861, the annexation of the Dominican Republic by Spain took place. Gregorio was only 22 years old at the time but a sense of nationalism began to swell within him. During one instance, Gregorio was arrested but managed to escape and flee to the United States for protection. Shortly thereafter, Gregorio managed to return to the Dominican Republic through the town of Monte Cristi in time to take part in the uprising of Sabaneta (1863). However, this uprising was short-lived due to the quick Spanish response.

After the failure at Sabaneta, Gregorio and his compatriots hid in the mountains of La Vega in order to prepare for a full-scale revolution against the Spanish forces.

Present Day References:
The Gregorio Luperón International Airport
Gregorio Luperón International Airport
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 in Puerto Plata and the Gregorio Luperón High School for Math & Science
Gregorio Luperon High School for Math & Science
The Gregorio Luperón High School for Math & Science is located in District 10 of the borough of Manhattan, New York, USAThe school is named after General Gregorio Luperón a Dominican military and state leader....

 in New York
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 are named after him. The small peasant city of Luperon, located 50 km west of Puetro Plata, is also named after him.

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