The city mobilized to remember the ex-combatants 37 years after the Malvinas war

Beginning today, begin activities in memory of veterans who participated in the Falklands War in 1982. On that day, vigil activities will be organized and, tomorrow, various acts of official commemoration will take place. .

Today, from the age of 18, with the intention of reflecting on the process of identifying the unrecognized soldiers who are in the Darwin Cemetery and paying tribute to ex-combatants, an act of intervention will be conducted, promoted by the CECIM of La Plata. A group of veterans will intervene in the mural of the Falkland Islands – the largest in Latin America – located on Moreno Square. This event is part of the 37th anniversary of the Falklands War and will "reflect on the process of identifying unrecognized soldiers lying in the Darwin Cemetery and honoring our heroes".

The activity will consist of a collective transformation of the mural, where those present will gather around the islands' image to illuminate it with the help of flashlights and cell phones. The intervention, promoted by the ExCombatientes Center of the Malvinas Islands, will aim to make visible "the question of the Malvinas through a crossed glance of our values ​​of Memory, Truth, Justice, Sovereignty and Peace".

Meanwhile, tomorrow, the Cecim will perform the traditional traditional central act on Plaza Malvinas (ages 19 and 51), from age 11. There will be live painting, music and activities for the whole family and the intervention of the monument to memory, true, justice and sovereignty.

Meanwhile, the inhabitants of Plaza Malvinas will re-issue their tribute in the historic gate of 19 and 51 years, under the motto "a neighbor, a flower", performed since 1983 consecutively and uninterruptedly with a significant act. involving the various vital forces of the region.

As every year, will be held at the gate of the former 7th Infantry Regiment and will be held at 10:30, the act "A neighbor, a flower," reported in the Center for Development and the San Martin's popular library.

VIGILIA IN PLAZA MALVINAS

Meanwhile, from the House of the former Malvinas fighting soldier (CEMA La Plata), they informed that today, various vigils will take place on the Malvinas Islands Square.

The same thing will begin at 5:30 pm with the discovery of the new sign indicating the distance to the Falkland Islands with our city, in accordance with Municipal Ordinance 10.812. At age 18, opening of the traveling exhibition of the CEMA and at age 19, screening tour of the medium-length film "Do not Forget Me", directed by Ariel Oyarzábal and based on life and life. the work of Néstor González, hero of the Malvinas. Then, at 19:30, the short film "What the war has changed" will be screened by the sixth year students of the high school Nuestra Señora de Lourdes – some of the students who participated in the film will be present.

Later, at 8:30 pm, it will be the turn of music with rock and folklore bands, until 9:45 pm, serving traditional lentil stew, served by veterans.

For the last part of the activities is scheduled at 11 pm the act of tribute and commemoration to the recently deceased veterans, according to municipal officials, a choral performance of the cultural center of the Falklands and at midnight, a minute of applause will follow. sing the verses of the Argentine national anthem. Later, there will be allusive speeches to close the activities.

On the other hand, tomorrow, Nos. 66 and 139, at 12 o'clock, will commemorate the Malvinas veterans and the crew of the ARA ARA San Juan.