Para além da Marcha da Família : a visão do periódico O Estado de Mato Grosso sobre a celebração em homenagem ao Coronel Carlos de Meira Mattos (1964)

Abstract

The objective of this work is to expand knowledge regarding events organized by civilians with the purpose of celebrating the civil-military coup in 1964, in addition to the Family Marches. Precisely, dealing with the celebration in honor of Colonel Carlos de Meira Mattos, organized by civilians, from the perspective of the periodical O Estado de Mato Grosso. Using the newspaper as a source, the research methodology adopted was qualitative with the purpose of exploring and describing the information present in the pages of the newspaper, between March 13th and June 10th, 1964. Identify how the newspaper related to the powers and present its main collaborators. Also, another research procedure adopted: bibliographic research. The bibliography collected, in primary sources, sought to point out the debates on the topic, perspectives, consensus, events and their historical agents, to understand the period of the dictatorship. Our intention is to demonstrate the position of the period, O Estado de Mato Grosso, on the festivity in honor of Colonel Carlos de Meira Matos, in which in the news of the event it is possible to observe the spread of jingoistic sentiment and national integration, highlighting civil participation which aimed to celebrate the new regime.