A version by Bartolomé Mitre affirmed that French ""entered in one of the shops of the "" and took several tracks of white and light blue stripes. also placed pickets with orders of letting only patriots in and make them put on the distinctive [stripes"", although his statement might be biased due to the fact that blue was one of the colours of the party he was a member of, and which would be later known as the Unitarian Party. Mitre's words are perhaps what originated the erroneous belief that attributes the creation of the Argentine cockade to French and Beruti. In any case, it is known that in March 1811 the Patriotic Society created by people from Mariano Moreno's circle wore the white and light blue ribbons.