António Gonçalves he was one of the military and column of Salgueiro Maia and, nos last 51 years, gathered photographs, document e until the steering wheel of car what conducted on April 25, 1974. collection what he wants render public.
The Operation End of regime report is named after Madeiran António GonçalvesFurriel militia in Santarém, driver of one of the column vehicles that, on the morning of April 25 he entered Lisbon to lie down the government below. António Gonçalves learned of the coup a few months earlier and did not hesitate.
He, like 250 other men, oniu of the barracks to end the war of Overseas and not even the gusts made them back back.
The revolution has won in Terreiro do Paço and is registered in photographs in which it makes the “V” victory. The path to the Carmo Barracks was triumphant.
António Gonçalves also made escort to the National Salvation Board e was in Santarém when Salgueiro Maia signed the report of the military operation that overthrew the dictatorship. One of the copies of this document is in the collection that, in the last 50 years, has managed to gather. And the Legacy you want to leave.
At home, in Funchal, found a way to fix unpublished photographs, documents, books and even have the wheel of the vehicle what Driven that day. Is also exposed to Commendation, the first to be delivered to an April 25 militia. Records that, one day, liked to share with the public.
After and Troops, worked na hospitality, he was dono of one store, it happened by difficulties nos TIMES OF ‘troika’but never he left of to believe No April 25, not of increase o collection what, no future, may to help a count a HStory.
