19 March 1896,
For the first time they placed an ikurrina outside a PNV headquarters in Bermeo. He visited the sailboat Aketxe from the skipper Pedro Ortube. Ikurrina was used until then only at the headquarters of the Euzkeldun Batzokija Jeltzales. Ortube stood among the Bermeo Jeltzales because, among other things, he placed a trail in Euskera in the cemetery of the town, causing a clash with local authorities.