September 7, 1822 and July 2, 1823: around the celebrations of the Independence of Brazil: em torno das comemorações das Independências do Brasil

Abstract

The September 7, 1822 and July 2, 1823, milestones of the Independence of Brazil that took place in São Paulo and Bahia, respectively, are widely present not only in historiographical works, but also in the popular imagination. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, especially between the 1820s and the centenary celebrations of Independence, documents produced by the legislature, speeches by various authorities, works of a historiographical nature, the press, civic festivities and commemorative monuments shaped and reshaped memories and narratives about the founding events of the Brazilian Empire and Nation. It is proposed a reflection on the movement of construction of these landmarks, constantly reappropriated and reassessed by the communities involved in the civic commemorations and in the remembrance of Independence.