State Recognition
The war is commemorated as Día del Veterano de Guerra y los Caídos en Malvinas (Veterans and fallen soldiers of the Falklands Day), a public holiday in Argentina, on 2 April. It is sometimes referred to as Malvinas Day.
In Britain, those who lost their lives are remembered as part of Remembrance Sunday.
In the Falkland Islands themselves, there are two holidays as a result of the war; Margaret Thatcher Day on 10 January and Liberation Day on 14 June (or the first Monday after, if it falls on a weekend).
In the United Kingdom, there is a national memorial at Pangbourne College, a small co-educational public school in Berkshire; it is titled the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel.
Read more about this topic: Cultural Impact Of The Falklands War
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