<Li> <P> Flag of Argentina (1861) </P> </Li> <P> Flag of Argentina (1861) </P> <P> Popular belief attributes the colors to those of the sky, clouds and the sun; some anthems to the flag like "Aurora" or "Salute to the flag" state so as well . However, historians usually disregard this idea, and attribute them to loyalty towards the House of Bourbon . </P> <P> After the May Revolution, the first times of the Argentine War of Independence, the Triumvirate claimed to be acting on behalf of the Spanish King Ferdinand VII, who was prisoner of Napoleon Bonaparte during the Peninsular War . Whether such loyalty was real or a trick to conceal independentism is a topic of dispute . The creation of a new flag with those colors would have been then a way to denote autonomy, while keeping the relations with the captive king alive . </P>

What do the blue stripes on the argentina flag represent
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