Loyalty Day (Argentina)

Loyalty Day (Argentina)

Holiday in Argentina commemorating the founding of Peronism (17 October 1945)

Loyalty Day is a commemoration day in Argentina. It remembers 17 October 1945, when a large labour demonstration at the Plaza de Mayo, in downtown Buenos Aires, demanded the liberation of Juan Domingo Perón, who was jailed in Martín García island. It is considered the…