Between May 22 and 25 of the same year, it is known that the ', or patriots, identified adherents to the May Revolution by giving them ribbons with those colours. An anonymous manuscript quoted by historian Marfany expresses that on May 21, a Monday, revolutionaries presented themselves as such with white ribbons on their clothes and hats. In Juan Manuel Beruti's memoirs, ', it is commented on the use of white ribbons on clothes and cockades with olive branches on hats.