Thoughts on the Itabros Birthday
I like to think that every nation has two birthdays: the day they popped into existence, marking their 'birth' and the day that made them who they represent today (such as a unification or an independence day).
For example, say Veneziano's original birthday is March 25, 421 AD (The Feast of the Annunciation, the traditional founding day of the city of Venice). Romano's original birthday is historically a little more complicated, but knowing that he's canonically much older than Vene, let's just say that his original birthday is April 21, 753 BC (which aligns with the Roman myth of the founding of the city).
With many nations, their original birthdays are lost to time after so long has passed and they have undergone so many changes into their present-day national personifications, so they choose to adopt a new birthday that symbolizes their growth and who they have become.
So, here's my theory. The Itabros didn't get to choose their own modern birthdays. Because the Risorgimento was so tumultuous and uneasy, the government figures and officials thought it would boost morale and make the transition smoother if their personifications showed support of the unification, so they were almost forced to adopt March 17, 1861 as their 'official' modern birthday.
Out of ease and habit, Vene and Roma pretend to publicly celebrate this as their birthday every year. But they have both chosen dates that they identify with more to actually celebrate!
I love the dates that @irl-romano proposed for the Itabros' birthdays! So Veneziano chose June 2, and Romano chose April 25 (but you'll have to check out their post to see why!).
