The Argentine cockade (Spanish: escarapela argentina) is one of the national symbols of Argentina, instituted by decree on February 18, 1812 by the First Triumvirate, who determined that "the national cockade of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata shall be of colours white and light blue [...]".[1]
The National Cockade Day is on May 18,[2] the date on which it is assumed that the cockade was first used by the ladies of Buenos Aires during the events of the 1810 May Revolution.
- ^ Calvo, Carlos (1864). Anales Históricos de la Revolución de América Latina. Tomo Segundo [Historical Annals of the Revolution of Latin America. Second Volume.] (in Spanish). Besançon: J. Jacquin's Press. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
Sea la escarapela nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata de color blanco y azul celeste
- ^ "La Escarapela Nacional cumple 198 años" [The National Cockade's 198th anniversary]. Diario Chaco (in Spanish). Resistencia, Chaco Province: Loster. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
Finalmente, el 12 de mayo de 1960 (Expediente 12.515/960), el Consejo restituyó la celebración "según los términos de la disposición del 4 de abril de 1941", o sea, al 18 de mayo.