In the week in which they are fulfilled 210 years of the May Revolution and in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic quarantine, the Patricians made the historic changing of the guard in an exceptional way: they added a chinstrap to their uniforms.
Every year in commemoration of the Cabildo Abierto on May 22, 1810, a traditional act is held with the Regiment 1 of Patricios, the honor guard of the Historical Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution.
The ceremony traditionally takes place on the front street of the Cabildo building and hundreds of people come to enjoy the event.
The Patricians added a chinstrap to their uniforms. (Photo: TN capture)
This year, despite the quarantine, the regiment called for the changing of the guard with compliance with the necessary precautionary measures.
Every year in commemoration of the Open Cabildo of May 22, 1810, a traditional act is carried out with the 1st Regiment of Patricians. (Photo: TN capture)
To commemorate the week of May, the Historical Museum of the Cabildo proposed a series of virtual activities, among them, the cycle of live talks with historians, researchers and writers “Cabildo Abierto”, which began on Tuesday with Hugo Chumbita’s dissertation.
The cycle will continue through social networks until Sunday, May 24, as a new anniversary of the May Revolution is commemorated on Monday.
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? Today we commemorate a new anniversary of the historic Open Cabildo of May 22, 1810. ⠀ ❗That day, the residents of Buenos Aires, through a vote with a large majority, made a crucial decision in the Cabildo: to depose Viceroy Cisneros de its position, and that the Town hall assumed the command to form a government meeting in the name of King Fernando VII. ⠀ ? An Open Cabildo was an extraordinary meeting in which other neighbors participated in addition to those who had positions in the institution. The men, white, with populated house in the city and social prestige were considered neighbors. Of the four hundred and fifty guests, just over two hundred attended. Those present included officials, magistrates, priests, army and militia officers, and other distinguished neighbors. The balcony of the building was chosen as a place for discussion, a space that communicates with the plaza, a meeting place and popular mobilization. ⠀ ?️ The museum has in its collection a copy of Pedro Subercaseaux’s painting, “The Cabildo Opened on May 22, 1810”, made by the painter and restorer Tomás del Villar. The original painting is in the @mhnarg, and was one of the works commissioned for the Centennial of the revolution and which remains in the imagination of the May Revolution to this day. ⠀ #CabildoNacional #Historia # RevoluciónDeMayo #SemanaDeMayo #CabildoAbierto #MuseosEnCasa #MuseosNacionales #QuedateEnCasa #ArgentinaUnida
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“The May Revolution of 1810 it is the beginning of our struggles for a destiny in freedom; a process of profound change that lasted for years and that had the Cabildo de Buenos Aires as the scene of the debates and decisions that caused it, today a symbol of our collective memory, “said the information.
The talks are held live from the Facebook and Instagram accounts of the National Museum of the Cabildo of Buenos Aires and of the May Revolution.
