The army will celebrate tomorrow the day of the national anthem at the Book Fair and in four football matches

On the occasion of a new commemoration of the day of the national anthem, the Argentine army will have, during the day of Saturday, various military bands and effective to sing the country song in different parts of the country.

Regimental Group Patricios 1 will perform at the Book Fair at 2:30 pm. sing the anthem with other traditional marches. As well four groups will be available for Superliga football matches it will be Saturday and Sunday.

It will be toned the symbolic march of San Lorenzo and then the national anthem. This will happen during meetings of the federal capital (Argentinos Juniors-Gymnastics of La Plata and Vélez-Boca), of the province of Buenos Aires (Tigre-Racing) and Tucumán (Atlético Tucumán-River).

The following military groups will participate: "Ituzaingó" of the artillery regiment 1, "Tambor of Tacuarí" of the Patricios Regiment, school of non-commissioned officers of the army "Sergeant Cabral" and the military high school "Aráoz Lamadrid Gral".

The anthem has its official character May 11, 1813In the context of the most resounding victories of War of independence. It was written by Vicente López y Planes in 1812 and composed, a year later, by Blas Parera.

It was created in November 1812 in the salons of the consulate. And on May 11, 1813 mentioned above, the work was approved by the Constituent General Assembly and the obligatory nature of their singing was ordained during public events at "inspiring the invaluable national character".

Such a civic ceremony resulted in the patriots singing the chorus swear their commitment to the country and their commitment to death.
His tones stimulated the Liberation Army in America's greatest military epic, the Andean Crossing, and was sung at more than 5,000 meters above sea level as a sonic thread uniting the wishes of these soldiers. It was also the first patriotic verse sung in Chile and Peru.

Originally the song was called "Patriotic March"then "National Patriotic Song", and later "Patriotic Song". In 1847, a publication called "Argentine National Anthem", name that remains in the present.

After being approved, the anthem was performed for the first time in public in the house of Mariquita Sánchez of Thompson and it is she who sang the first chords.

On March 30, 1900, President Julio Argentino Roca decreed and established the inviolability of the musical symbol of the Argentineanswhose song of 9 stanzas took 20 minutes. Roca ordered that only the first and last quartet and choir be sung in official acts of composition, managing to reduce the anthem to two and a half minutes.