Flag flying days in Mexico: Difference between revisions

|[[21 January]] || Birth of [[Ignacio Allende]] (1779).

|[[5 February]] || Adoption of the [[Constitutions of Mexico|Constitutions]] of [[1857 Constitution of Mexico|1857]] and [[1917 Constitution of Mexico|1917]].

|[[19 February]] || ''Día del [[Military of Mexico|Ejército Mexicano]]'' (Day of the Mexican Military).

|[[24 February]] || ''[[Día de la Bandera]]'' (Flag Day).

|[[1 March]] || Proclamation of the [[Plan of Ayutla]].

|[[18 March]] || Anniversary of the [[Expropiación petrolera|Oil Expropriation]] (1938).

|[[21 March]] || Birth of [[Benito Juárez]] (1806).

|[[26 March]] || Adoption of the [[Plan of Guadalupe]] during the [[Mexican Revolution]].

|[[2 April]] || Capture of [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]] (1867).

|[[21 April]] {{ref|21april}} || Heroic defense of [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]] to prevent [[U.S. occupation of Veracruz, 1914|occupation]] by [[United States]] forces (1914).

|[[1 May]] || ''Día del Trabajo'' ([[May Day]]).

|[[5 May]] || Anniversary of the [[Battle of Puebla|Victory over the French Army]] in Puebla, in 1862. (''[[Cinco de Mayo]]'')

|[[8 May]] || Birth of [[Miguel Hidalgo|Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]], the initiator of the [[War Mexican Independence]] (1753).

|[[15 May]] || Capture of [[Querétaro, Querétaro|Querétaro]] by the forces of the Republic which led to the fall of the [[Second Mexican Empire]] (1867).

|[[1 June]] || ''Día de la [[Mexican Navy|Marina Nacional]]'' (Navy Day).

|[[21 June]] || Victory of the Republican Armies over the [[Second Mexican Empire]] (1867).

|[[1 September]] || Opening of the first ordinary session of the [[Congress of Mexico|Mexican Congress]].

|[[14 September]] || Incorporation of [[Chiapas]] as a [[States of Mexico|Federal State]].

|[[15 September]] || Commemoration of the [[Grito de Dolores]].

|[[16 September]] || Beginning of the [[Mexican War of Independence]] (1810).

|[[27 September]] || Consummation of Independence (1821).

|[[30 September]] || Birth of [[José María Morelos]] (1765).

|[[12 October]] || ''Día de la Raza'' ([[Columbus Day]]).

|[[23 October]] || ''Día [[Mexican Air Force|Nacional de la Aviación]]''. (National Aviation Day).

|[[24 October]] || ''Día de las Naciones Unidas''. ([[United Nations]] Day).

|[[30 October]] || Birth of [[Francisco I. Madero]] (1873).

|[[6 November]] || Adoption of the [[Act of National Independence]] by the [[Congress of Chilpancingo]] (1813).

|[[20 November]] || Beginning of the [[Mexican Revolution]] (1910).

|[[29 December]] || Birth of [[Venustiano Carranza]], (1859).

On these following days, the national flag is flown at half staff, mostly commemorating the deaths of important heroes. At any time, the [[President of Mexico]] can issue a decree to have the flag flown at half-staff to honor the death of a person who was a major figure of the Mexican government, Mexican society, the head of state of another nation or a tragic event on a major scale. One example is that on the 19th anniversary of the [[Mexico City]] [[1985 Mexico City earthquake|earthquake in 1985]], President [[Vicente Fox]] lowered the flags to half staff to honor the estimated 6,000 people who were killed.{{ref|quake}}

|[[14 February]] || Death of [[Vicente Guerrero]] (1831).

|[[22 February]] || Death of [[Francisco I. Madero]] (1913).

|[[28 February]] || Death of [[Cuauhtémoc]], last [[Aztec]] [[tlatoani|Emperor]] (1525).

|[[10 April]] ||Death of [[Emiliano Zapata]] (1919).

|[[2 May]] {{ref|2may}} || Death of the pilots of the [[Escuadrón 201|201st Mexican Expeditionary Air Force]] during [[World War II]] (1945).

|[[21 May]] || Death of [[Venustiano Carranza]] (1920).

|[[17 July]] || Death of General [[Alvaro Obregón]] (1928).

|[[18 July]] || Death of [[Benito Juárez]] (1872).

|[[30 July]] || Death of [[Miguel Hidalgo]] y Costilla (1811).

|[[13 September]] || Fall of the [[Niños Héroes]] during the [[Battle of Chapultepec]] (1847).

|[[7 October]] || Commemoration of the sacrifice of Senator [[Belisario Domínguez]] (1913).

|[[22 December]] || Death of [[José María Morelos]] (1815).

There also have been occasions where official flag day notices that been announced in the [[Diario Oficial de la Federación|Official Journal of the Federation]], but later revoked. One such case was that [[November1]] was declared a holiday to hoist the national flag in [[1991]], but was later removed from the list four years later from another order published in Official Journal of the Federation. {{ref|nov1}}

#{{note|21april}}[http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/mx_1984.html#1-03-05a Change of Article 18 to add [[April21]] as a flag day; January 3, 2005]. Retrieved [[January 10]], [[2006]].

#{{note|quake}}[[The Arizona Daily Star]] (2005). [http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/printSN/39654.php Around the world; September 20, 2004]. Retrieved [[January9]], [[2006]].

#{{note|2may}}[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/mx_1984.html#1-03-05b Addition of [[May2]] as a day to fly the Mexican flag at half-staff]. Retrieved [[January 11]], [[2006]].

#{{note|nov1}}Holiday created on [[January9]], [[1991]] in an order published in the Diario Official de la Federación; revoked in an order published [[May9]], [[1995]] in Diario Official de la Federación.

*[http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/leyinfo/pdf/213.pdf Ley sobre el escudo, la bandera y el himno nacionales] - Law of the National Arms, Flag and Anthem. In [[Spanish language|Spanish]].