Loyalty Day (Argentina)

Loyalty Day
One of the most famous photos of the October 17 event.
DateOctober 17, 1945 (1945-10-17)
LocationPlaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
ParticipantsPeronists
OutcomeJuan Perón was released from prison

Loyalty Day (Spanish: Día de la lealtad) is a commemoration day in Argentina. It remembers 17 October 1945, when a large labour demonstration at the Plaza de Mayo, in downtown Buenos Aires, demanded the liberation of Juan Domingo Perón, who was jailed in Martín García island. It is considered the foundational moment of the Peronist movement.[1]

  1. ^ "Peronist Loyalty Day". timeline. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2012.