Every Thursday you will find women with white scarves tied around their heads marching around the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. The white scarves symbolize baby blankets, in memory of the lost children of the Dirty War. During this war, people mysteriously “disappeared,” and were often tortured and then killed. The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo met in an effort to find their missing sons and daughters. The mothers have since turned into grandmothers, and while the motives have changed over the years, you can be certain to see women marching on Thursday.
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