Echoes of the Carnation Revolution from Portugal to the Portuguese Diaspora in America On the morning of April 25, 1974, tanks rolled into Lisbon. But instead of bloodshed, there were flowers—red carnations tucked into rifle barrels, handed out, accidentally, one might say, by Celeste Caeiro, embraced by soldiers, and waved by jubilant civilians. As it … Continue reading The Day the Carnations Sang by Diniz Borges