The commemoration of Flag Day, which is celebrated every June 20 as a national holiday as it is the date of the death of its creator Manuel Belgrano, will feature official acts in provinces and municipalities next Monday that, on the extra-long weekend, They will add parades, recitals, sports activities, gastronomic and craft fairs.
In the midst of this celebration, established since 1938, in several provinces such as Mendoza, Formosa, San Luis, Jujuy and Corrientes, the authorities will lead the Pledge to the Flag acts in which fourth-year public and private school students promise to “defend , love and respect” to the national emblem that “is a symbol of the values that the founders of the nationality” such as “freedom, tolerance, justice, equality, peace and solidarity”.
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In the city of Rosario, where the National Historical Monument to the Flag is located, Governor Omar Perotti and Mayor Pablo Javkin will share an act for the celebration after two years of being suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Likewise, from very early on there will be many activities to enjoy with the family in a true popular festival in the Flag National Parkwhere at 7 o’clock the meeting of grills will begin, and there will be a fair of artisans and entrepreneurs of the social economy and native peoples.
Starting at 1:00 p.m. Chamame stagewhich has a Chamamecero dance patio, the musicians Mario Moreyra, Estefanía Espíndola, Sol García, Vicky Durand Mansilla Grupo and Monchito Merlo will offer their shows.
Later on the main stage the music will continue with the presentation of Liliana Pérez, Ñaupa Cunan, Itatí Barrionuevo, Jorge Fandermole and the closing of “La Sole” Pastorutti.
COME TO THE FLAG FESTIVAL! ??
This June 20 let’s enjoy the most beautiful party that the city has in the Parque Nacional a la Bandera. pic.twitter.com/QYXXWhs3un– Pablo Javkin (@pablojavkin) June 15, 2022
Buenos Aires province
In the province of Buenos Aires, Governor Axel Kicillof will lead the ceremony of promise to the flag on Wednesday, in Tecnopoliswhile in the city of La Plata the celebrations began on Thursday with an act in which Mayor Julio Garro met with the educational community of the Capital Chica club school.
For on Monday the central patriotic act is planned at 11 in Plaza Belgranolocated on Calle 13 between 39 and 40, for which the commune summoned the neighbors as “a demonstration of love for our nation and those who built our country, we invite you to participate in the act in commemoration of the flag.”
In the Buenos Aires match of Colonel Suarez The acts will begin at 3:00 p.m. in the Gloria forest of the Heroes de Malvinas park and on Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. the official ceremony of pledge of allegiance to the Flag will be held by students of the district.
In Colonel Dorrego the central act will be held in the ravines of the Quequén Salado river in Oriente and in Bahía Blanca this Friday at 11 there will be an act for the passage to the immortality of Martín Miguel de Güemes in the Mayo park, where the value will be presented of the bust that recalls the figure of the hero of Salta. On Monday, at 10, in Parchappe and Falucho, the official ceremony for Flag Day will take place.
?? The commemoration of #Flag Day in schools it is an opportunity to honor Manuel Belgrano, as well as to reflect on the origin and meaning of national symbols, the place they occupy in history and today. pic.twitter.com/JaWdbUOxXR
— PBA Education (@BAeducacion) June 16, 2022
mendoza
In Mendoza, with a double function at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and with a ticket of 300 pesos, on Sunday, the decisions of one of the great heroes of the country will be narrated with songs that have been arranged especially for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mendoza and the Marabunta group at the Independence Theater in the capital.
On Monday, there will be numerous events in the squares of different towns with the raising of the flag, hot chocolate and the pledge of allegiance by 4th grade and 2nd year students of schools and cadets of the University Institute of Public Security, after which there will be a great parade of different regional entities.
On Thursday 23 will be the changing of the Guard on the esplanade of Government House.
Cordova
In Córdoba, the official ceremony will take place on Monday in the town of Monte Cristosome 15 kilometers east of the capital, while among the popular activities, a rock in Jesus Maria.
Jujuy
In Jujuy, the official activities will begin at 10 with a act in Manuel Belgrano squarein the presence of local authorities, high school flag bearers, the Banderas group, among other institutions and special guests.
Then in the Mountain Infantry Regiment 20 at 11:30 the children will make the traditional pledge of Allegiance and then there will be a swearing-in ceremony by volunteer soldiers from the Jujuy Army Garrison and, as a closing, a military civic parade.
Land of Fire
In Tierra del Fuego, the act will be on Monday, at 10, in the city of Rio Grandewhere authorities of the Executive Branch and other institutions, organizations and security forces will participate in the event in the Salesian Mission.
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The Ministry of Education of Corrientes announced that more than a thousand students fourth graders will participate on Monday at 11 o’clock in the act of Pledge of Allegiance to the Flagon the banks of the Paraná River, on the southern waterfront of the capital.
saint Louis
In San Luis, the government organized the central act at 10, in the town of black bullwhere the monument of historical vindication to Belgrano emerges.
In addition, the traditional promise to the flag of the fourth grade students will be held, reaffirmation of sixth year high school students and a plaque in honor of the veterans of the Malvinas war.
Neuquen
In Neuquén, the Flag Day event will begin at 11 in the Coast Walkwhere more than a thousand fourth grade students will pledge allegiance to the national emblem, while in the afternoon there will be hot chocolate, cupcakes and folklore shows for those who come to the coastal promenade, on the banks of the Limay River.
Santiago del Estero
In Santiago del Estero, the official act will be on Tuesday 21, at 8:30, in the town El Zanjonwhich will be chaired by Governor Gerardo Zamora, accompanied by part of the provincial cabinet, an opportunity where a school will be inaugurated.
Chubut
Chubut will have the central celebration for the day of the flag on Monday in Puerto Madryn where the Malvinas ex-combatants will accompany the primary school students in the promise ceremony.
On the occasion the more than 300 ex-combatants from all over the country who gathered in that city for the 40 years since “The day Puerto Madryn ran out of bread”will participate in the ceremony that will take place at 11 in the closed stadium of Club Deportivo Madryn.
900 students will pledge the flag from provincial, municipal and private schools, in addition to 20 candidates for the Chubut police, while the ex-combatants will perform an “oath revalidation” with which they will evoke the ceremony they held 40 years ago on Malvinas soil.
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In Salta, the act will take place in the Historic Field of the Crossfrom the capital of Salta, on Monday, at 10, with the corresponding salute and review of troops by provincial and municipal authorities and the Argentine Army.
The authorities will move to Monument to General Manuel Belgranowhere the flag will be hoisted, floral offerings will be placed, the anthem will be sung, a religious invocation will be taken and a promise of fidelity will be taken from students from different educational institutions.
Members of the V Mountain Brigade “General Manuel Belgrano” they will swear allegiance to the Argentine flag, after which a civic-military parade will take place.
