On 1 December 1948, the President of Costa Rica, José Figueres Ferrer, abolished the Costa Rican military after winning the Costa Rican Civil War. In a ceremony at the national capital of San José, Figueres symbolically broke a wall with a mallet, symbolizing an end to the military's existence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Force_of_Costa_Rica#:~:text=On%201%20December%201948%2C%20the,end%20to%20the%20military's%20existence.