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Image based on the medal given to the cadets Monument to the Niños Héroes in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City.. 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 Monumento a los Niños Héroes ("Monument to the Boy Heroes"), officially Altar a la Patria ("Altar to the Homeland"), is a monument installed in the park of Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico. [1]
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.
The fierce defense of Chapultepec by military cadets at the Military Academy, six of whom are said to have died on heroic last stands when U.S. forces finally breached the castle. The Niños Héroes ("Boy Heroes") were considered martyrs fighting to maintain Mexico's honor as a nation and they are celebrated on September 13th.
Juan de la Barrera (Mexico City, June 26, 1828 – Mexico City, September 13, 1847) was a Mexican cadet who lived during the 19th century and Boy Hero. In 1841, he entered the Heroic Military Academy. He died during the Battle of Chapultepec, fought during the Mexican–American War.
Literally hundreds of monuments commemorate the Niños Héroes, the seven boys who defended the castle of Chapultepec alone against the American invasion in 1847. According to legend the last one alive wrapped himself in the Mexican flag and jumped off the parapet rather than surrender. [3]
The next day, September 13, the 4th Division, under John A. Quitman, spearheaded the attack against Chapultepec and carried the castle. Future Confederate generals George E. Pickett and James Longstreet participated in the attack. Serving in the Mexican defense were the cadets later immortalized as Los Niños Héroes (the "Boy Heroes"). The ...
Anniversary of the "Boy Heroes" or "Heroic Cadets" Día de los Niños Héroes: Celebrates the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican–American War of 1847 and the heroic and ultimate sacrifice that the Niños Héroes gave for the nation. September 16 Cry of Dolores Grito de Dolores