This Saturday morning, Mayor Francisco Azcué presided over the commemorative acts for the 211th anniversary of the Battle of San Lorenzo and the 172nd anniversary of the Battle of Caseros.
The first of them took place in the Plaza 25 de Mayo of our city and, upon taking the floor, the Mayor remarked that “this day invites us to reflect on our history, to evoke those epics of our heroes and today more than ever, in a very difficult moment, history challenges us and calls us to unite to work with enormous patriotic sentiment and vocation for service”.
Highlighting the figure of General José de San Martín, the mayor of Concordia stressed that 211 years after the Battle of San Lorenzo, “more than ever we must keep in mind that conduct and sobriety that was transmitted to those grenadiers who were also willing to give their lives not only for their leader but for the Fatherland”.
“We political leaders must make a gesture, stripping ourselves of privileges and behaving as public servants. Today we must unite, embrace each other and look each other in the face and see that we are all in the same boat, looking forward, for our city, the province and the country”.
Finally, Azcué made a call to end differences and work with tolerance and humility, “with a deep patriotic sentiment. I ask you to continue honoring our history”.
For his part, Diego García, vice president of the Sanmartiniana Cultural Association, gave an overview of what that February 3, 1813, was, remarking in his words that the values left by General San Martín “are the inheritance for our children and young people who inexorably seek a mirror in which to look at themselves and it is our obligation as citizens, wherever we are, to strive for their maintenance, defending them from the onslaughts of our own and others, understanding that the Fatherland is a collective construction”.
BATTLE OF CASEROS
In the Plaza Urquiza of our city, the ceremony for the 172nd anniversary of the Battle of Caseros was held.
Representing the Municipality of Concordia, councilwoman Eliana Lagraña took the floor, stating that “it is a date that invites us to reflect on the need to be able to recover our ideals. With Governor Rogelio Frigerio, with our mayor Francisco Azcué and with the legislative power at all levels, national, provincial and local, we want to achieve the growth and sustained development of the different sectors such as production, labor, education, health and industrialization to achieve the well-being of the people of Concordia and Entre Ríos”.
Then, the Non-Commissioned Officer of the Argentine Army Ulises Vera, representing the Justo José de Urquiza Association, after reviewing the events of that February 3, 1852, pointed out that “Urquiza was not only a man who was decisive and had convictions but also fair to the honest and loyal, becoming an emblem of a Nation that was projected as a power at a global level. History leaves us an invitation to resume values lost today, giving way to foundational institutions, sowing the seed of unity, consensus and concord”.
Taking part in both ceremonies were Vice Mayor Magdalena Reta de Urquiza, members of the Municipal Cabinet, council members, members of the Armed Forces and Security Forces, ecclesiastical authorities, and provincial legislators, among others.
The first of them took place in the Plaza 25 de Mayo of our city and, upon taking the floor, the Mayor remarked that “this day invites us to reflect on our history, to evoke those epics of our heroes and today more than ever, in a very difficult moment, history challenges us and calls us to unite to work with enormous patriotic sentiment and vocation for service”.
Highlighting the figure of General José de San Martín, the mayor of Concordia stressed that 211 years after the Battle of San Lorenzo, “more than ever we must keep in mind that conduct and sobriety that was transmitted to those grenadiers who were also willing to give their lives not only for their leader but for the Fatherland”.
“We political leaders must make a gesture, stripping ourselves of privileges and behaving as public servants. Today we must unite, embrace each other and look each other in the face and see that we are all in the same boat, looking forward, for our city, the province and the country”.
Finally, Azcué made a call to end differences and work with tolerance and humility, “with a deep patriotic sentiment. I ask you to continue honoring our history”.
For his part, Diego García, vice president of the Sanmartiniana Cultural Association, gave an overview of what that February 3, 1813, was, remarking in his words that the values left by General San Martín “are the inheritance for our children and young people who inexorably seek a mirror in which to look at themselves and it is our obligation as citizens, wherever we are, to strive for their maintenance, defending them from the onslaughts of our own and others, understanding that the Fatherland is a collective construction”.
BATTLE OF CASEROS
In the Plaza Urquiza of our city, the ceremony for the 172nd anniversary of the Battle of Caseros was held.
Representing the Municipality of Concordia, councilwoman Eliana Lagraña took the floor, stating that “it is a date that invites us to reflect on the need to be able to recover our ideals. With Governor Rogelio Frigerio, with our mayor Francisco Azcué and with the legislative power at all levels, national, provincial and local, we want to achieve the growth and sustained development of the different sectors such as production, labor, education, health and industrialization to achieve the well-being of the people of Concordia and Entre Ríos”.
Then, the Non-Commissioned Officer of the Argentine Army Ulises Vera, representing the Justo José de Urquiza Association, after reviewing the events of that February 3, 1852, pointed out that “Urquiza was not only a man who was decisive and had convictions but also fair to the honest and loyal, becoming an emblem of a Nation that was projected as a power at a global level. History leaves us an invitation to resume values lost today, giving way to foundational institutions, sowing the seed of unity, consensus and concord”.
Taking part in both ceremonies were Vice Mayor Magdalena Reta de Urquiza, members of the Municipal Cabinet, council members, members of the Armed Forces and Security Forces, ecclesiastical authorities, and provincial legislators, among others.