As every year, 16,134 members of the armed forces participated in the colorful parade to mark the 213th anniversary of independence, the theme of which on the occasion highlights the 200th anniversary of the founding of the heroic military college.
More than 14,000 members of the Ministry of Defense and slightly more than 2,000 members of the Navy participated in the fighting, although in the modern era, air force is added to by the adornment of warplane squadrons.
People flock to the venues of the parade, whose ceremony in the Zocalo begins with the national anthem, the honoring of the flag and the parade in a military vehicle by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as commander-in-chief, accompanied by the country’s top officials. Three arms.
Columns of men and women, 16 operational and armored vehicles, 11 boats and six Texan II T6C aircraft, two of which were crewed by women, won the admiration of tens of thousands of citizens who occupied the viewing sites early in the morning to see them up close. As planes flew over the city sky, releasing puffs of smoke in the colors of the flag.
For the second year in a row, cadets from the Naval and Merchant Marine Schools performed in the Marine Unit.
The National Defense, elements of the Army, Air Force, National Guard and students of the heroic Military College carried out the largest rifle shot ever carried out; Likewise, 15 artillery pieces in unison executed a massive burst of crimson smoke.
17 foreign delegations from sister countries participated in the conference: Belize, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, South Korea, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Russia and Uruguay.
The military parade is one of the most anticipated spectacles on national holidays and is the greatest charm, especially for children. But, in particular, it is of very high historical importance.
After the cry of Dolores raised by Father Hidalgo in Guanajuato, the Mexican people launched themselves, arms in hand, to complete the declared independence on the night of September 15.
The struggle for independence continued after Hidalgo was treacherously murdered, where he was beheaded and his head displayed for 10 years in a public square in Guanajuato. But the people overcame the terrible ravages of war, at the cost of more than a million deaths.
In 1821, 11 years after Grito, independence was achieved, after the Plan of Iguala was announced by Agustin Iturbide, who created the Army of Trigarante under his command, until September 16, 1821, from Tacubaya, Juan O’Donoghue announced the end of the war.
At 10:00 a.m., the Supreme Commander led the parade that entered the capital, leading 16,134 soldiers including infantry, cavalry, and artillerymen, with 68 cannons of various calibres.
They entered via Paseo Nuevo into Corpus Christi Street, where they stopped at the corner of the San Francisco Convent, under the Arc de Triomphe. The city’s mayor, José Ignacio Ormacchia, gave him the keys to the city.
On September 28, the Provisional Government Council held its first session in the Agreement Room of the newly named Imperial Palace. The 38 members went to the cathedral to swear out the Plan of Iguala and the Treaties of Cordoba.
At nine o’clock at night, the Act of Independence of the Mexican Empire was signed. Mexico was already a free, independent and sovereign country.
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