Some flag facts about the flag of Argentina:
- Triband design composed of three equally wide bands in the colors of light blue, white and light blue
- Created by Manual Belgrano and first raised on February 27, 1812 at the city of Rosario
- The yellow ‘Sun of May’ symbol was added to the center in 1818
- The Sun of May refers to the May Revolution between the 18th and 25th of May, 1810
- The May revolution marked the beginning of the independence from the Spanish Empire
- The sun symbol was also used in traditional European heraldry in which it was called ‘the Sun in His Splendour’ or ‘the Sun in His Glory’
- Flag was officially adopted on February 27, 1812