Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Niños Héroes (Boy Heroes, or Heroic Cadets) were six Mexican military cadets who were killed in the defence of Mexico City during the Battle of Chapultepec, one of the last major battles of the Mexican–American War, on 13 September 1847. The date of the battle is now celebrated in Mexico as a civic holiday to honor the cadets' sacrifice.
The Obelisco a los Niños Héroes is a monument installed in Chapultepec, Mexico City. The cenotaph was created in 1881 by architect Ramón Rodríguez Arangoity, one of the cadets captured in the Battle of Chapultepec. [1] [2] The marble cenotaph was a typical nineteenth-century monument.
It commemorates the Niños Héroes, six mostly teenage military cadets who were killed defending Mexico City from the United States during the Battle of Chapultepec, one of the last major battles of the Mexican–American War, on 13 September 1847.
The Niños Héroes ("Boy Heroes") were considered martyrs fighting to maintain Mexico's honor as a nation and they are celebrated on September 13th. Their bravery and innocence was lauded in Mexico, as opposed to the Mexican Army generals, particularly Antonio López de Santa Anna, blamed for Mexico's defeat.
September 13 is the 256th day of the year ... Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico) Engineer's Day ; Roald Dahl Day (Africa, United Kingdom, Latin America)
The Monumento a los Niños Héroes is a monument in Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The monument is located in a roundabout that was later intervened by activists, who symbolically renamed it as the Glorieta de las y los desaparecidos .
Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Día de los Niños Héroes
This page was last edited on 22 September 2006, at 04:21 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.