Friend's Day is a special date on the Argentine calendar that is celebrated every July 20 . This is one of the most beautiful anniversaries to commemorate, because it honors one of the greatest values and expressions of love for the universe: friendship.
Friend's Day is one of the most anticipated dates this month for thousands of people across the country. Internationally, this celebration takes place on another date. Do you want to know why Argentina celebrates it on July 20 ? Keep reading.
How was the Day of the Friend born?
Friend's Day is celebrated on this date in honor of July 20, 1969: The day man reached the moon. But what does one have to do with the other? The person in charge of everything is Enrique Ernesto Febbraro ; dentist, psychologist, writer, teacher and musician, among other occupations, who was born in Buenos Aires.
While Febbraro was watching Neil Armstrong's moon landing on television, he came up with the idea of sending a thousand postcards around the world that same day to celebrate Friend's Day ; initiative that I had been thinking about for a long time. Thus, when he heard that the moon landing was a gesture of friendship from the earth to the universe, he had the idea that this could be the reason to start celebrating Friendship Day in Argentina.
In 1979, the government of the City of Buenos Aires decreed that every year the Day of the Friend be celebrated on this date.