The government of Ceuta who presides Juan Vivas (PP) has requested the City Council of A coruña the “assignment” of the statue of the founder of the Legion, José Millán-Astray, which was withdrawn in 2010 by the Galician Town Hall from the square of the same name, which later recovered the toponym of As Atochas, in application of the Law of Historical Memory.
The spokesman for the local Executive, Alberto Gaitán, explained this Friday at a press conference that this is one of the initiatives that have been adopted to “enhance” the commemoration of the centenary of the founding of the military force, which will be held this Sunday, September 20, although its main acts have had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Gaitán has not specified what use the Autonomous City intends to give to the effigy of the coup leader and has advanced that it would be agreed “with the General Command of Ceuta.”
This week banners and posters with the slogan ‘Ceuta and La Legión, one hundred years of union’ have been installed in the Regional Palace, the Royal Walls Monumental Complex and the Revellín Auditorium. In addition, this Saturday a plaque will be installed in the center of the autonomous city, where the King’s Barracks was located in which the first legionnaire enlisted in 1920.
In addition, the melody of ‘The Groom of Death’ will accompany this weekend every hour the sound of the bells of the clock of the headquarters of the regional Administration.
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