Overview
- A presidential decree ordered the relic’s removal from the Museo Histórico Nacional and Javier Milei led the handover during the San Lorenzo commemoration.
- The sabre is now guarded at the Regimiento de Granaderos a Caballo’s Gran Hall of Symbols in Palermo, open to visitors Wednesday to Sunday.
- The Museo Histórico Nacional received a replica for its Sala de los Sables as the two most recent directors left their posts following the transfer.
- Heirs and several historians cite the donor’s written stipulation naming the museum as final depositary, disputing the government’s relocation.
- Public reaction included an artist painting a blue tear on a San Lorenzo statue and reports of more than 200 early visitors to the new display.