Busto de General Valadão - Aracaju - SE

Oliveira Valadão was born in Vila Nova (now Neópolis) on January 4, 1849. He was a soldier and politician. He joined the army in 1864 when he became a soldier in the Companhia de Caçadores da Provincia de Sergipe. He was already a sergeant when he embarked on the Paraguayan Campaign, where he participated in important combats, always being praised for his bravery. With the end of the conflict, he enrolled in the Military School (1873) and it was in this establishment that he became an adherent of republican ideals, along with other companions in uniform. His political career began after the Proclamation of the Republic. He was elected federal deputy in 1891 and president of the state from 1894 to 1896. After leaving the government, he spent a few years without holding public office. He was a federal deputy from 1902 to 1904. Being re-elected to the Federal Chamber, he did not complete the term because in 1907 he was chosen senator, a position for which he was reelected in 1912. He returned to govern Sergipe in the period 1914-1918 and after the end of his term he was once again elected senator in 1919. As a soldier, Oliveira Valadão was reformed in the rank of brigadier general with the graduation of general of division on November 9, 1900. He died in Rio de Janeiro on December 10, 1921. His bust made by the sculptor Correia Lima was inaugurated on October 24, 1924 in the square that today bears his name and was attended by the president of the state Graco Cardoso as well as by General Marçal Nonato de Faria, who was in Sergipe as enforcer of the state of siege since he defeated the military that promoted the revolt of July 13, 1924. A newspaper from Sergipe reported the event as follows: "With the solemnity that had been previously announced and that was to be expected, the inauguration of the bronze bust that Sergipe's posthumous gratitude raised to Praça 24 de Outubro, to the intrepid patrician soldier and eminent figure of the national policy, General Manuel Prisciliano Oliveira Valadão. "After the speeches of pragmatics and the tributes of officialdom, the young David Maia spoke in an impassioned speech, extolling the civic virtues of the distinguished honoree, having drawn the curtains that veiled the bust on that occasion, the President of the State, and the Excellency Mr. General Marçal Nonato de Faria, military governor of the city. "Followed, soon after, were the stylistic compliments and the popular manifestations that translated public rejoicing, for the payment of this sacred debt of gratitude, which Sergipe paid off with one of the most illustrious of his great sons." Oliveira Valadão was also a poet and "his estrus is centered on the sublimation of women...". So, an element that stands out and is complementary to her monument is a beautiful woman who "in bonze, offers, with both hands, in an expressive gesture, a handful of roses" SOURCE: www. recantodasletras.c om.b r/artigos-de-cultura/6345458