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History
The Brazilian Independence Day Festival, organized by a volunteer committee, is the largest gathering event of the Brazilian community in New England. All events are free and open to the public. The Festival has support of the Brazilian Women’s Group, the Consulate General of Brazil in Boston, the Brazilian Immigrant Center and the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers - MAPS.
Discovered by Portugal in 1500, Brazil remained a colony for 322 years and proclaimed its independence on September 7th, 1822. Contrary to the other Latin-American nations, Brazilian’s independence was conquered through a colonial liberation war. In 1808, as Napoleon's armies began the invasion of Portugal, the monarch and his court were transferred to Rio de Janeiro. The establishment of the royal administration in the colony for a period of 14 years, and Brazil’s elevation in 1815 from the status of a colony to that of a United Kingdom with Portugal, among other events, accelerated the march towards independence. On September 7, 1822, fearing a return to the condition of colony intended by the Courts of Lisbon after Napoleon's defeat and Portugal's liberation, Prince Dom Pedro I proclaimed Brazil’s Independence.