The Proclamation of Independence that Don Jose de San

Martn made on July 28, 1821 in the Plaza Mayor of Lima.

On that day St. Martin pronounced the following words:

"FROM THIS MOMENT PERU IS FREE AND

INDEPENDENT
BY THE GENERAL WILL OF THE PEOPLES
AND FOR THE JUSTICE OF HIS CAUSE WHAT GOD
DEFENDS.
LIVE THE COUNTRY! LONG LIVE FREEDOM!
LIVE THE INDEPENDENCE!".
Jos Abelardo Quiones is the greatest hero of the War
against Ecuador in 1941. He was born in Chiclayo on April
22, 1914, his parents being Jos Quiones and Dona Maria
Gonzales. He studied at the Jorge Chvez School of
Aviation. He graduated as a fighter pilot and was a great
parachutist.
In 1941, he fought in the War against Ecuador. On July 23,
1941, during the battle of Zarumilla, when he bombed the
Quebrada Seca post, his plane was hit by the Ecuadorian
fire. Instead of using his parachute, Quiones directed his
ship towards the Ecuadorian batteries to crash against
them, dying in the act.