Celebrated the 161st anniversary of the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy

(To Army Majority State)
18/03/22

Yesterday was the "Day of National Unity, the Constitution, the Anthem and the Flag", established by law no. 222 of 2021 and coinciding with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, which took place in Turin in 1861, by King Vittorio Emanuele II.

In Rome, the Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Giorgio Mulé, welcomed by the deputy military commander of the capital, general of division Paolo Riccò, and in the presence of the prefect of Rome, doctor Matteo Piantedosi, placed a laurel wreath on the tomb of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first King of Italy.

In Verona, the command of the operational ground support forces (Support COMFOTER), in collaboration with the municipality, the prefecture and the provincial school office, organized a series of meetings, aimed at primary and secondary school students, aimed at instilling national identity in the youngest through the story of our Hymn, written by Goffredo Mameli and set to music by Michele Novaro in 1847, of the Tricolore and all the history that from the Risorgimento led Italy to the birth of the Republic and the Constitution.

The commander of the Support COMFOTER, general of the army corps Massimo Scala, greeted the students, underlining how today represents an opportunity to remember and promote the values ​​of citizenship, the foundation of civil coexistence, and to reaffirm and consolidate national identity through remembrance and civic memory.
The students were also able to participate in the solemn raising of the flag in Piazza Bra, during which an orchestra of the Liceo Musicale interpreted the “Canto degli Italiani” and a representative of the school groups present raised the Tricolor flag.

In Piacenza, the "Day of National Unity, the Constitution, the Anthem and the Flag" was celebrated in the setting of the historic headquarters of the North Heavy Maintenance Pole, an entity dependent on the Army Logistics Command through the Transport Command and Materials, with the participation of the actual staff and the authorities of the province of Piacenza. 
The event, chaired by the director of the Polo, brigadier general Daniele Durante, saw the participation of the school office of the province which gathered the students of the Institute of Higher Education "GD Romagnosi" who sang the hymn during the celebration. . Great emotion and a spirit of aggregation are the feelings that have manifested themselves: the past, remembered by the addresses of the prefect and the director of the Polo, the present, with the Piacenza community and the authorities, together with what is the future, with the many young people who attended, made the event evocative and particularly heartfelt.