Eva Duarte de Peron “Evita” Eva Maria Duarte was born on May 7, 1919. Her life began in the small village of La Union, Argentina. La Union is a small town near Buenos Aires. She was the youngest of five illegitimate children of Juan Duarte. Her father died in a car wreck when she was very young, and her family was forced to move to Junin. She was not allowed to attend the funeral of her father …showed first 75 words of 1234 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1234 total…kept in the country, it would become a symbol of Peronism. They buried her body in a small cemetery in Italy. They then placed a false headstone marking her body. Her body was returned to Juan Peron shortly before he returned to power in Argentina. When Peron died while in office, Juan and Evita's bodies were placed side by side during the funeral. She was buried in the Duarte family tomb in the Recoletta cemetery.