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FACTS Location: North America Status: UN Country Capital City: Mexico City Main Cities: Guadalajara, Monterrey and Puebla Population: 109,840,000 (ONU) Area: 1,958,200 km2 Currency: 1 Mexican peso = 100 cents Languages: Spanish Religions: Mostly Roman Catholic Formal Name: Mexican United States Local Name: México	(Image, Wikipedia)
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MEXICAN FLAG HISTORY The present day Mexican flag was adopted on the 8th of February 1984. This flag replaced one that had been used since the 7th of October 1821. This first flag underwent a number of alterations and modifications during its lifespan. Mexico had on the 16th of September 1810 attained its independence from Spain. The Mexican flag features three bands of equal width green white and red respectively running vertically. At the middle of the flag on the white strip is the Countrys Coat of Arms. According to former Mexican President Benito Juarez the green color represents hope white represents purity and red is for the blood of all who have fought for Mexico.	(Image, Stock Exchange)
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ABOUT MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE The Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821) was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on 16 September 1810. The Mexican War of Independence movement was led by Mexican-born Spaniards, Mestizos and Amerindians who sought independence from Spain. It started as an idealistic peasants' rebellion against their colonial masters, but finally ended as an unlikely alliance between liberals and conservatives. It can be said that the struggle for Mexican independence dates back to the decades after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Martín Cortés, son of Hernán Cortés and La Malinche, led a revolt against the Spanish colonial government in order to eliminate the issues of oppression and privileges for the conquistadors. After the abortive Conspiracy of the Machetes in 1799, the War of Independence led by the Mexican-born Spaniards became a reality. The movement for independence was far from gaining unanimous support among Mexicans, who became divided between independentists, autonomists and loyalists.	(Image, Wikipedia)
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MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE HEROES

Miguel Hidalgo

Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez

Ignacio Allende

José María Morelos y Pavón

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MEXICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

Lyrics by Francisco González Bocanegra and music by Jaime Nunó. It was declared the National Anthem on February 9,1854, after a national contest was launched to find an anthem for Mexico. It was first performed on September 15, 1854, for the Independence Celebration.

Mexicans, at the cry of war,
prepare the steel and the steed,
and may the earth shake at its core
to the resounding roar of the cannon.

Gird, oh country, your brow with olive
the divine archangel of peace,
for your eternal destiny was written
in the heavens by the hand of God.

But if some strange enemy
should dare
to profane your ground with his step,
think, oh beloved country,
that heaven
has given you a soldier in every son.

War, war without truce to any who dare
to tarnish the country's coat-of-arms!

War, war! Take the national pennants
and soak them in waves of blood.

War, war! In the mountain, in the valley,
the cannons thunder in horrid unison
and the resonant echoes
cry out Union, Liberty!

Oh country, 'ere your children
defenseless bend their neck to the yoke,
may your fields be watered with blood,
may they trod upon blood.

And may your temples, palaces and towers
collapse with horrid clamor,
and their ruins live on to say:

This land belonged to a thousand heroes.

Oh, country, country, your children swear
to breathe their last in your honor,
if the trumpet with warlike accent
should call them to fight with courage.

For you the olive branches!

A reminder for them of glory!

A laurel of victory for you!
For them a tomb with honor!

Mexicans, at the cry of war,
prepare the steel and the steed,
and may the earth shake at its core

to the resounding roar of the cannon,
and may the earth shake at its core
to the resounding roar of the cannon!

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