A plaque in the pavement commemorates Maria Claudia Falcone, a 16-year-old high school student and activist disappeared by the Argentine military dictatorship of 1976-1983. The plaque is an example of Argentina's active memory culture. It reads, in part:

Kidnapped in La Plata during the 'Night of the Pencils'.
1999 – EMEM 7 school renamed after her.
Educational Community of the EMEM Schools and Neighbourhoods for Memory and Justice.

Buenos Aires, Argentina
July 2015   ▪   Olympus TG2