{"id":6176,"date":"2020-11-04T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6176"},"modified":"2020-11-04T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:16:00","slug":"567-general-dn-hilario-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6176","title":{"rendered":"567. general d<sup>n<\/sup> hilario lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200804D27.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, General Hilario Lagos\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1806 in Buenos Aires, <strong>Hilario Lagos<\/strong> had a life-long military career &amp; participated in most major conflicts during Argentina&#8217;s formative years. He grew up just as the nation gained independence from Spain, &amp; the constant conflict of that time drew him to the army. Lagos enlisted just before his 18th birthday &amp; quickly rose in the ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local skirmishes against indigenous tribes prepared Lagos for his first international conflict. Brazil had declared independence from Portugal in 1822 &amp; then tried to extend their control all the way down to the R\u00edo de la Plata&#8230; incorporating territory that formed part of Argentina. Losing the war, Brazil&#8217;s failure created a new nation: Uruguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200804D28.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, General Hilario Lagos, plaque\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lagos gained more military experience as he joined the private army of <strong>Juan Manuel de Rosas<\/strong> &amp; continued to push back the native frontier. All these previous battles proved invaluable during Argentina&#8217;s internal conflict for the role Buenos Aires would play in national politics: <em>economic capital or part of a confederation?<\/em> The future of the country hung in the balance with Lagos caught in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stayed true to Rosas until the bitter end, but after defeat Lagos switched sides in an attempt to bring about a more peaceful resolution. Buenos Aires did not take kindly to Lagos, whatever side he chose&#8230; after Buenos Aires became capital &amp; the idea of confederation was discarded, they confiscated all the territory Lagos owned &amp; forced him to live away from the city in exile. In 1857 Lagos was offered a command position to fight indigenous tribes yet again, but he refused. He passed away &amp; was buried in Recoleta in 1860. Although a central figure in Argentina&#8217;s history, the legacy of Lagos is overshadowed by many others. However, many of his descendants also joined the military &amp; even became high-ranking officers, carrying on a family tradition of national service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in 1806 in Buenos Aires, Hilario Lagos had a life-long military career &amp; participated in most major conflicts during Argentina&#8217;s formative years. He grew&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6176\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">567. general d&lt;sup&gt;n&lt;\/sup&gt; hilario lagos<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}