Her birthday falls on the anniversary of the Independence Day of the Dominican Republic, which is why her parents gave her the name Patria (which means "homeland " or homeland). Patria was the last of her sisters to join the efforts. She joined soon after witnessing a massacre by Trujillo's men. Patria was very supportive of her sister's efforts against the Trujillo regime. Patria's main concern was for the future of his country and for the children who would become the future. The Mirabal sisters' husbands were also anti-Trujillo and helped them form a group of supporters. Their group was called the June Fourteenth Movement. It takes its name from the date of the massacre that Patria had witnessed. They wanted to spread knowledge of the disgusting things Trujillo was doing to the people of the Dominican Republic, which many people were blind to. They distributed pamphlets to the people and called themselves “Las Mariposas” (“the butterflies”). Trujillo did not take kindly to this revolt. She did what she could to calm her sisters. He imprisoned them (and their husbands), took their property, and made their lives as difficult as he could. However, the sisters never lost sight of their goal. They wanted to free their country from this government and nothing was going to stop them. Neither