The winning entries were officially recognized on the above date, during a ceremony headed by the illustrious governor, but it was not until February 18, 1910 that the anthem was finally distributed throughout the various departments and offices of the State.
With its beautiful melody, and a theme built around the ideas of freedom, peace, and hope, the anthem has remained a favorite of the people.
It still speaks a revolutionary language - highly critical of dictatorship - and continues to communicate the State’s age-old abhorrence of centralist powers.
En la defensa olímpica de los nativos fueros tus hijos, sus aceros llevaron al confín; ciñendo lauros múltiples los viste, con arrobo, del Lago a Carabobo, del Ávila a Junín; y en Tarqui y Ayacucho vibraron su clarín.
En tu carroza alígera que tiran diez corceles, de cantos y laureles guirnaldas mil se ven.