Flag of Mexico – Dia de la Bandera

Mexico’s Flag is loaded with symbolism that is historic. Mexico adopted the tricolors together with the coat-of-arms centered in the white middle stripe of red, white and green following their independence from Spain during the War of Independence in 1821.

The coat of arms has featured a majestic eagle holding a serpent in addition to a cactus although there were changes to the flag during history. Helguera designed in 1968 the coat of arms. Legend claims that then a warrior tribe wandering through Mexico, the Aztecs, were waiting for a signal from the gods telling them were to build their own capital city. Their god, Huitzilopochtli told them to hunt till they found a location where they saw an eagle, while rapping on a prickly pear tree, growing out of a rock submerged in a pond hammering a serpent. They built his capital, Tenochtitlan, in which the plaza in Mexico City is now situated and saw this eagle onto a little island in Lake Texcoco after wandering for two hundred decades.

The 3 colours of white green and red around the flag have stayed the exact same but the meaning of the colours has changed. The green stripe may signify Hope or represents Freedom from Spain. The white stripe represents purity of Unity or the Catholic religion. The red stripe represents Religion or Heroes bloodstream.

Bystanders increase their arm, place their hand parallel to the heart After Mexico’s flag is paraded in front of a bunch. The hand is horizontal with the palm facing the ground. This salute is known as the El Saludo Civil de la Bandera Nacional. On February 24 each year a party, Dia de la Bandera, Flag Day has been held. When most of the factions fighting in the War of Independence combined together to make the Army of 3 Guarantees, this commemorates this day in 1821.

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