June 20: ‘Flag Day’
Manuel Belgrano created our national symbol on February 27 of 1812 and was first hoisted on August 23, 1812, in the church tower of St. Nicholas of Bari, where now stands the Obelisk in Buenos Aires.
Once declared the independence Argentina on July 9 of 1816, the blue and white flag was adopted as a symbol in Congress on July 20, 1816, and then was added the sun on February 25, 1818.
On June 8, 1938, with congressional approval, then President of Argentina, Roberto Ortiz, signed the law 12.361, where it was decided June 20 as the Flag Day and declared a national holiday in honor of Manuel Belgrano who died on June 20, 1820.
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