El Dia de la Bandera (Flag Day) is one of Argentina's most important national holidays, observed on June 20th. It commemorates the death of Manuel Belgrano, the Argentine general who designed the national flag. The main ceremony takes place in Rosario, Santa Fe, the city where Belgrano raised the flag for the first time on February 27, 1812.
Flag Day in Argentina is June 20th every year.
Manuel Belgrano created and raised the Argentine flag for the first time on February 27, 1812, in Rosario.
June 20th is the anniversary of Manuel Belgrano's death in 1820.