If I may say so...: Those who summon and lodge (comics)

Swift and the poor

Swift’s attitude towards the poor and the excluded was ambiguous. Once, the author and Dr Sheridan decided to attend a beggar’s wedding disguised as a blind fiddler and his man. The night was spent among dance, laughs and jokes. When the two strangers left, they were even given some money. The next morning, both friends found the people from the party now asking for charity and pretending to be blind or on crutches. While Sheridan planned to return the money they had been given the previous night, Swift broke out yelling and threatening the beggars with sending them to prison. [The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes]

In 1887...

Headmaster Pablo Pizzurno decided to commemorate May 25th in his school. Some words were said, the Argentine flag was raised and the National Anthem sung. This original idea was praised in the newspapers of the time and quickly incorporated to other public celebrations. That same year, July 9th gathered 15 thousand people in Plaza de Mayo. All of a sudden, national symbols and myths began to play a greater role in the unification of Argentine culture and values. (In the picture, Flag Day in 1939)