![Armando Franca A couple hold red carnations while embracing each other after thousands sang the folk song Grandola, Vila Morena, in the first minutes of Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Carmo square in Lisbon, as the country celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The song by Zeca Afonso was broadcast on national radio as a signal to the troops that the coup was starting and became an icon of the April 25, 1974, revolution that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/741b1e68836740bbbc511d59239850ad/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A couple hold red carnations while embracing each other after thousands sang the folk song Grandola, Vila Morena, in the first minutes of Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Carmo square in Lisbon, as the country celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The song by Zeca Afonso was broadcast on national radio as a signal to the troops that the coup was starting and became an icon of the April 25, 1974, revolution that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca Police mug shots of political prisoners are displayed at the Aljube Museum Resistance and Freedom in Lisbon, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, as the country celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. The museum is housed in a former prison building of the political police. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/974d6b35ba7b45079b122383c142eed0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police mug shots of political prisoners are displayed at the Aljube Museum Resistance and Freedom in Lisbon, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, as the country celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. The museum is housed in a former prison building of the political police. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, front, reviews troops before a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e0619894d2f5404393e5b403973a1372/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, front, reviews troops before a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Ana Brigida Former army captain Manuel Correia Silva, holding red carnations, arrives at Carmo square in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, on the same vehicle he led there fifty year ago, during the reenactment of troops movements, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. The army led coup restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5e4ba103ab084b5c94ba9a34fe443c73/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Former army captain Manuel Correia Silva, holding red carnations, arrives at Carmo square in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, on the same vehicle he led there fifty year ago, during the reenactment of troops movements, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. The army led coup restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
![Ana Brigida Celeste Caeiro, 90, holds a bunch of red carnations, in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during the reenactment of troops movements of fifty years ago, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. Caeiro handed out red carnations to rebellious soldiers then, thus unwittingly naming the April 25, 1974 army coup that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/71530423d4204f9db6ce18b68f24d71b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Celeste Caeiro, 90, holds a bunch of red carnations, in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during the reenactment of troops movements of fifty years ago, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. Caeiro handed out red carnations to rebellious soldiers then, thus unwittingly naming the April 25, 1974 army coup that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
![Ana Brigida Children check the insides of a a military vehicle that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution, on display at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/501ce0dd2a9c4c67a81e80d81ab11e4d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Children check the insides of a a military vehicle that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution, on display at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
![Armando Franca People use their cellphones to take pictures of a light show projecting the word Freedom on the arch of Lisbon's Comercio square, Wednesday, April 23, 2024, as the country celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bbae5f328a58476c8bac06d7cbc1a232/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People use their cellphones to take pictures of a light show projecting the word Freedom on the arch of Lisbon's Comercio square, Wednesday, April 23, 2024, as the country celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Ana Brigida A soldier in 1974 uniform holds a red carnation at Carmo square in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during the reenactment of troops movements, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. The army led coup restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8018d1e00e95491ab285c356736cfe06/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A soldier in 1974 uniform holds a red carnation at Carmo square in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during the reenactment of troops movements, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. The army led coup restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
![Armando Franca A standard-bearer of a Portuguese military vocational school takes part in a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8c9c0a48e1b64d8289e95da84c5ff65d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A standard-bearer of a Portuguese military vocational school takes part in a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Ana Brigida Celeste Caeiro, 90, hands red carnations to former army captain Manuel Correia Silva, in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during the reenactment of troops movements of fifty years ago, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. Caeiro handed out red carnations to rebellious soldiers then, thus unwittingly naming the April 25, 1974 army coup that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1d02857b5ead46ce8899bfa27a5fa4e6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Celeste Caeiro, 90, hands red carnations to former army captain Manuel Correia Silva, in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during the reenactment of troops movements of fifty years ago, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. Caeiro handed out red carnations to rebellious soldiers then, thus unwittingly naming the April 25, 1974 army coup that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
![Armando Franca Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, center, presides over a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a3b52e1fe2ab4b768d7bb37305e7a1fa/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, center, presides over a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca Standard-bearers open a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cded0339934b4432893d06642394c4ec/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Standard-bearers open a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca Thousands of people sing the folk song Grandola, Vila Morena, in the first minutes of Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Carmo square in Lisbon, as the country celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The song by Zeca Afonso was broadcast on national radio as a signal to the troops that the coup was starting and became an icon of the April 25, 1974, revolution that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c446ad60d854466f9861df7df7ce6468/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Thousands of people sing the folk song Grandola, Vila Morena, in the first minutes of Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Carmo square in Lisbon, as the country celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The song by Zeca Afonso was broadcast on national radio as a signal to the troops that the coup was starting and became an icon of the April 25, 1974, revolution that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca Portuguese paratroopers take part in a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5983ddf9e25b4b5398ecd50054c31b5f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Portuguese paratroopers take part in a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca An orchestra performs at Lisbon's Comercio square, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, during a concert to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/94f41be8f8a94708b8a2a0cabd3cd53d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
An orchestra performs at Lisbon's Comercio square, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, during a concert to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca Portuguese Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/59bb075447fc4a5da43c0fa3cfe4f9a4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Portuguese Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Ana Brigida People cheer at the sight of a military truck that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution, at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/43637ba427e64226b31357ad15709ee1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People cheer at the sight of a military truck that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution, at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
![Ana Brigida Portuguese Navy frigates Dom Francisco de Almeida and Corte-Real, left, are anchored in the Tagus river by Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, while people watch celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnations Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/967e62177a584cc09797be40d5184584/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Portuguese Navy frigates Dom Francisco de Almeida and Corte-Real, left, are anchored in the Tagus river by Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, while people watch celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnations Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
![Armando Franca A woman wipes her tears while watching video clips about life in Portugal before 1974, at Lisbon's Comercio square, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, during a concert to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0bce6f127ef84dd38f8fb7773b8677da/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A woman wipes her tears while watching video clips about life in Portugal before 1974, at Lisbon's Comercio square, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, during a concert to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca A Portuguese paratrooper in combat gear yells while taking part in a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fc60a6cf722e4e5cba2a148c5e318258/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Portuguese paratrooper in combat gear yells while taking part in a military parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Ana Brigida A child holding a red carnation sits on a military vehicle that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution, on display at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d4448feb305c4906b97f04a95c76a0e8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A child holding a red carnation sits on a military vehicle that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution, on display at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
![Armando Franca Military vehicles that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution, some carrying retired soldiers, parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d82e40c259424073a785f8857faf180d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Military vehicles that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution, some carrying retired soldiers, parade at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
![Armando Franca A former officer salutes from a military vehicle that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution when driving past Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, 2nd left, at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/20037d44829d439a8f086e0040668d04/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A former officer salutes from a military vehicle that took part in the 1974 Carnation revolution when driving past Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, 2nd left, at Lisbon's Comercio square, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup. The April 25, 1974 revolution carried out by the army restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)