Argentina's Coat of Arms
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Argentina’s Independence Day is celebrated on the 9th of July of every year. Before Europeans occupied Argentina, the land was heavily populated by Native American tribes and bordered the rich Inca Empire. In 1502 Amerigo Vespucci arrived in the country and by 1580 Buenos Aires had become a Spanish Colony.
July 9, 1816 marks the day the Argentine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed. After years of armed conflict (1810-1818) with royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown, Argentine patriotic forces were able to drive the Spanish out and eventually lead their nation to the adoption of a constitution
Viva Argentina!
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