"March 24: National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice" : act tree plantations in the "Bosque de la Memoria" to remember the victims of the dictatorship is a tradition in Rosario.
(Ciudad de Rosario - Santa Fe Province - Wednesday, March 24, 2010). Located in the heart of the "Parque Scalabrini Ortiz", the "Forest of Memory" seeks to assert in the public memory of those killed and missing during the years of state terrorism.
Created by Municipal Ordinance No. 6644, the September 10, 1999, from a draft submitted by the Commission of the Forest of Remembrance, the then Commission for the Museum of the City Council of Rosario, the forest is a tribute to victims of military dictatorship that attempts to symbolize freedom, air, light, sun and the green of life and hope, their differences, similarities and equalities. Cedar
blue, magnolia, camphor, golden ash, mimosa, birch, birch purple jacaranda ...
Each of the trees that make up the forest trees from different families and have well-defined characteristics different from the rest: a certain size, specific foliage, and also a particular aroma, each wearing the same color, similar or different the rest.
The December 10, 1999, the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, placed the first two commemorative plaques for the missing and murdered in the last military dictatorship. The first 10 trees were planted during 2002, and since then, each "March 24" and every significant date on the calendar for the collective memory, are performed followed by a commemorative planting, always with the families of the victims.
In 2009, city officials gave the Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza 25 de May 6 shoots of Ginkgo Biloba as a symbol of life and hope.
Ginkgo Biloba is an ancient tree, native of China, which was charred after dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and shortly thereafter began to sprout, so it is considered as a bearer of hope. As a true symbol, many people who participated that year, took a shovel and helped the mothers and grandmothers, has put the earth that contains and helps them grow.
Also, through the Museum's Education Department is made in this area and throughout the year, activities and workshops in different schools of Rosario and surrounding areas.
with plans in this space, the inclusion of a work in which they translate the names of all those who suffered the violent repression of the State's action between the years 1976-1983.
The Governor of the province of Santa Fe, Dr. Hermes Binner, presided over the ceremony held on Wednesday 24 March 2010 in the Forest of Remembrance (located in the Parque Scalabrini Ortiz, Rosario) with provincial and national legislators, municipal and provincial officials, Grandmothers and Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - Rosario, human rights organizations, ministers, relatives and survivors, participating in tree planting ceremony in memory of the / as missing / killed as and / as the State terrorism in Argentina.
Under a full sun, the crowd prior to the ceremonial event, organized by the Municipality of Rosario, visited the Forest and talk informally to share their experiences and feelings about their loved ones (friends and family) disappeared and killed during the grim period of dictatorship and the hope embodied in this democratic era, especially relating to complaints and judgments against humanity (with an exemplary sentence.)
units to the large audience (men and women of different ages, highlighting a significant presence of children and adolescents), Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - Rosario, relatives and friends of missing people, girls and killed / as Representatives of human rights organizations, officials of the Municipality of Rosario (Horacio Javier Rios - Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Prof. Ruben Chabab - Director of the Office of Human Rights and member of the "Museo de la Memoria de Rosario) , Congressman Carlos Comi, Provincial Senator Juan Carlos Zabala, Provincial Deputy Raúl Alberto Lambert, Deputy Provincial Alicia Gutierrez, Councilman Paul Colonus, Juan Rivero (Member Mandate Fulfilled), Dr. Rosa Acosta (Ministry of Human Rights in the Province of Santa Fe), the ministers Ahubán Pastor Carlos Agustín Luque (Director of Centre for Research, Study and Ecclesiastical and Theological Training) and Pastor Salvador Fragapane (Fellowship of Christian Leaders), among other others.
The event was opened by Prof. Ruben Chabab and emotional messages of mothers and grandmothers who remembered their loved ones, calling for JUSTICE and TRUTH REPORT without vengeance, with a strong commitment to democracy, defense of human rights and peaceful coexistence of the Argentine / as, which won approval with applause and tears of emotion, accompanied by reflections and just demands citizens.
The tree planting began with the first shovelful of earth in charge of the Grandmother and Mother, accompanied by all / as the / as assistants, with moments of deep emotion, as part of / as children and adolescents .
Different groups continued to tour the plantation and the "Forest of Memory", checking the growth of trees planted in previous years and made sense, deep reflection events on this important date reminder: "March 24: National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice."
Walking the Forest as an assistant to act spontaneously and civic reflection, Pastor Carlos Agustín Luque Ahubán shared with other participants a prayer of blessing and the "... project approved by the CITY COUNCIL OF ROSARIO (CMR) through DECREE N º 29.162/2.007, which allows the "Centre for Research, Study and Ecclesiastical and Theological Training (CIECET), joined the Fellowship of Christian Leadership (CLC), to place a" monolith to remember and pay tribute to the Sisters and religious victims of State Terrorism ", in the Forest of Remembrance, located in the Parque Scalabrini Ortiz (which was approved by the Human Rights Commission, the Commission of Government and Culture, membership and support of the Museum of memory and the favorable opinion of the Special Committee on Nomenclature and Erection of Monuments and the subsequent approval by the City Council of the city of Rosario), which makes the city of Rosario in the 1 st community inside the country that made this recognition (the erection of the monolith and DAY, has a due date on Monday, 04 October 2010), adding to that performed in the year 2006, by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, in the city of Buenos Aires, which calls on the grounds of the Plaza San Martín a plaque.
... On completion of the military coup 34 years, and in the context of the remembrances that were made throughout the year, where both the official and non-governmental organizations, will remind the religious of all faiths who were victims of state terrorism and that many of the priests, pastors, catechists, and lay workers who made their own option for the poor suffered untold suffering, intimidation, torture, murder ... were also special cruelty citizens of the Jewish community and the Jehovah's Witnesses ...
incomplete estimates prepared by the National Commission on Disappeared People (CONADEP), indicated the killing or disappearance of more than 120 religious and / or religious, including the 2 bishops , 18 priests, 11 seminarians, 46 lay Catholics, 40 Protestants (Methodists, Evangelicals ... pastors, workers ...) ... 10 more priests were imprisoned and then released and 34 survived their kidnapping in clandestine detention centers ... The repression not only met Argentina but also to religious aliens ... that is a commitment by with true honor those religious people who lost their lives, suffered persecution, were tortured or simply prevented them from his pastoral work. At the same time, considers it essential that these facts are known by new generations ...
reject as anti-Christian complicity in a "dome church, ministers, laymen, military, political or any citizen who identified as Christians "were accomplices and gave financial support, ideological and / or spiritual nefarious" military dictatorship in Argentina, violating and twisting the "word of God", which must account to God, society and justice for his actions ...
The military had seized political power, defined themselves as devout Catholics who came to defend the Western lifestyle and Christian alleged alien forces intended to dissolve. However
brutality and viciousness with which they were repressed sectors "committed Christians" both Catholics and Protestants, made clear that his Christianity declaimed was nothing more than an ideological instrument to channel despicable feelings toward any expression of genuine faith that might emerge from the daily lives of the people. Many evidence of repression recalled seeing Catholic symbols such as crucifixes or images of the Virgin Mary in the walls of some rooms of suffering or in places of detention. This hurts the sensitivity of any individual Catholic faithful and sincere, was a way back inside the military force to assert the sacredness of the struggle that took place and to legitimize it by invoking the safeguard of religious values \u200b\u200bconstitute true nationality Argentina. In his look offered a psychological support for the torturers who were supported by God to perform degrading acts of human consciousness.
The city of Rosario and its inhabitants were affected the coup, and faithful practitioners of their faith, were exempt from persecution and operation of a sinister plan, which led to the death even citizens (martyr), for their commitment to God and his neighbor / fellow citizen .... "
The closing of the event was informal and the participants are slowly receded, among samples of camaraderie, excitement and mutual commitment for a better REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA ...
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