With great support from the community, the civic-military parade that marked the closing of the activities organized by the Municipality of Concordia for the 216th anniversary of the May Revolution took place this afternoon.
Educational establishments, civil organizations, intermediate institutions, Armed and Security Forces, Malvinas Veterans, and different areas of the Municipality were part of a day experienced with great patriotism.
The mayor Francisco Azcué highlighted regarding this important national date that the men of 1810 “chose to build, and perhaps that is the word that best defines the legacy of May: building institutions, building community, building the future, building hope, because great transformations are never born from comfort; they are born from ordinary people who decide to get involved.”
In that sense, he remarked that “when we speak of the Homeland, it has the face of that mother who works so her children can study, of the teacher who opens paths through knowledge, of the merchant who opens their shop every morning, of the worker who fulfills their task, of the entrepreneur who bets on growth, of the young person who dreams of a better future without having to leave their city. The homeland has the face of those who do something for others every day.”
“Concordia is also a collective construction. No one built Concordia alone; entire generations built it. Everyone left a mark and everyone handed us a responsibility. To receive that inheritance and improve it. That is why we speak of the future. That is why we speak of planning, that is why we speak of a city with a horizon, because governing is not just managing the present; governing is preparing the future. It is thinking about what city we want in 10, 20, or 30 years. It is imagining the Concordia of the bicentennial, the city that will celebrate 200 years of history, and asking ourselves what we want those who live then to say about us,” highlighted Azcué.
Likewise, he maintained that cities grow when there is collective commitment, “when every resident understands that they are part of something bigger than themselves, when we understand that the destiny does not depend exclusively on those who hold public office, but also depends on each one of us. It depends on how we are as citizens, on how we educate our children, on how we treat our neighbors, on the honesty with which we work, on the commitment with which we participate in our institutions, because a better city requires effort, values, the same values that inspired the men and women of May: responsibility, effort, solidarity, respect, vocation of service, and love for the community.”
In closing, Azcué stressed that this May 25th is a call “to recover trust, to believe again in our capabilities, to feel proud to be from Concordia, to understand that we have an enormous challenge, but also enormous opportunities. The commitment that when the Bicentennial arrives, we can look back and say that we lived up to our historical responsibility. That we honor the inheritance received and that we leave a better city for those who will come, because just as in 1810 there were Argentines who dared to imagine a different country, today it is our turn to dare to imagine and build a better Concordia.”
Educational establishments, civil organizations, intermediate institutions, Armed and Security Forces, Malvinas Veterans, and different areas of the Municipality were part of a day experienced with great patriotism.
The mayor Francisco Azcué highlighted regarding this important national date that the men of 1810 “chose to build, and perhaps that is the word that best defines the legacy of May: building institutions, building community, building the future, building hope, because great transformations are never born from comfort; they are born from ordinary people who decide to get involved.”
In that sense, he remarked that “when we speak of the Homeland, it has the face of that mother who works so her children can study, of the teacher who opens paths through knowledge, of the merchant who opens their shop every morning, of the worker who fulfills their task, of the entrepreneur who bets on growth, of the young person who dreams of a better future without having to leave their city. The homeland has the face of those who do something for others every day.”
“Concordia is also a collective construction. No one built Concordia alone; entire generations built it. Everyone left a mark and everyone handed us a responsibility. To receive that inheritance and improve it. That is why we speak of the future. That is why we speak of planning, that is why we speak of a city with a horizon, because governing is not just managing the present; governing is preparing the future. It is thinking about what city we want in 10, 20, or 30 years. It is imagining the Concordia of the bicentennial, the city that will celebrate 200 years of history, and asking ourselves what we want those who live then to say about us,” highlighted Azcué.
Likewise, he maintained that cities grow when there is collective commitment, “when every resident understands that they are part of something bigger than themselves, when we understand that the destiny does not depend exclusively on those who hold public office, but also depends on each one of us. It depends on how we are as citizens, on how we educate our children, on how we treat our neighbors, on the honesty with which we work, on the commitment with which we participate in our institutions, because a better city requires effort, values, the same values that inspired the men and women of May: responsibility, effort, solidarity, respect, vocation of service, and love for the community.”
In closing, Azcué stressed that this May 25th is a call “to recover trust, to believe again in our capabilities, to feel proud to be from Concordia, to understand that we have an enormous challenge, but also enormous opportunities. The commitment that when the Bicentennial arrives, we can look back and say that we lived up to our historical responsibility. That we honor the inheritance received and that we leave a better city for those who will come, because just as in 1810 there were Argentines who dared to imagine a different country, today it is our turn to dare to imagine and build a better Concordia.”