Posted on 10/23/2019 6:32:26 PM PDT by marshmallow
MADRID - Spain’s Socialist government says it will exhume and relocate the remains of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco on Thursday, bringing closer to an end a move that has sparked much criticism and legal battles.
The government received court clearance last month to take the remains from the grandiose mausoleum at the Valley of the Fallen complex outside Madrid and move them to a cemetery close to the capital where the Franco family has a crypt. Franco’s wife, Carmen Polo, was buried there in 1988.
The government said it will begin the exhumation operation at 10:30 a.m. local time on Thursday with the presence of 22 relatives of Franco, including his seven grandchildren.
Some of the relatives will hand-carry the casket with Franco’s body for nearly 300 meters, out to a square where the cameras of Spain’s public broadcaster will capture how it’s placed in a vehicle, the government said.
Franco ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975 after he led a rebellion against the Spanish democratic government in 1936 that started the Spanish Civil War.
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Perhaps they’ll let us know if he’s still dead.
So the Communists win.
Then again, if he isn’t there....
He was buried with the Elder Wand.
and...
A vessel filled with Spanish Fly. ... ...
This is appalling. What’s even more appalling is that the Archbishop of Madrid hasn’t objected at all. The prior of the Benedictine monastery at Valle de los Caídos did object. But of course, what could he do when the radical leftist government sent in the army to block the roads, shut down the valley, prevent the many supportive laypeople from getting there and even prohibit the local hotels from taking reservations, and then move in their heavy equipment to tear the place apart. If the Archbishop had resisted, the government would have backed down.
So as usual, it’s treason from above. Although Franco was the only reason that Spain did not become the southern outpost of the USSR and a failed Marxist state.
All networks should hire Chevy Chase for a one-off broadcast of this news.
OMG, when did he die?
All I can think of is Chevy Chase on SNL News stating ...”FRANCISCO FRANCO...still dead !”
Beat me to that.
Maybe he’s doing a comeback like Tiger Woods.
Franco ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975 after he led a rebellion against the Spanish democratic government...
:o) Good one.
DEAD RED.
Maybe Colonel Sanders resurgence had inspired him to try again.
And, I'm sorry but I don't find the desecration of a grave cause for amusement. Imagine if it was your father they were digging up out of his grave.
Sorry to be the killjoy here. But there is a larger issue.
Which "right wing" hero will the Left dig up next in America? Where does it end?
Franco was the furthest thing from a “Red”. He led the army that defeated the Communists who were attempting to seize control of the country. Among their other charming habits (the Leftists Franco defeated) were killing priests and nuns for sport.
Bed Bath & Beyond pulls black jack-o’-lanterns after complaints in Nyack
At least it is in Nyack.
You do know your history!
They will listen for knocking from the inside.
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