Although the Aztecs revered snakes as symbols of wisdom and creation, the first missionaries reinterpreted the image. To the Europeans, it would come to mean the struggle between good and evil and the triumph of the Christian evangelizers in Mexico. Today, the coat of arms is in the center of the flag, with a laurel branch symbolizing victory and honor underneath.
The image was added to the flag for the Olympic Games held in Mexico City in Before this date, the flag was sometimes presented without the emblem. However, it looked too similar to the Italian flag, which uses the same colors. The flag of Mexico has three vertical stripes in green, white, and red.
The design dates back to , when Mexico finally gained its independence from Spain. When these colors were first adopted, the color green was chosen to represent independence from Spain.
The red stood for union between the native peoples of Mexico and the elites of European heritage, a union that was key to the independence movement.
The color white was adopted to represent the purity of Roman Catholicism. Today, no official explanation is given for the colors of the flag, partly because the original meanings have little relevance to modern Mexican society.
Yet a popular explanation has been taken up by many Mexicans. Since then, based on the decree, several additions and amendments have been made to the law not to modify any design but to confirm, clarify and explain features and usage of the national coat of arms, flag and, most of all, the anthem [ gob84 ]. Anything below this line was not added by the editor of this page. The flag and coat of arms of New Spain were those of Spain.
The New Spain independence war broke up in Until , there was not a serious proposal for adopting national symbols. All flags, standards and emblems were to identify certain armed group.
The first independentist colors carried a depiction of the Virgin of Guadalupe on white or white and blue backgroud. The first flag to adopt the green, white and red vertical tricolor.
The corresponding decrees state that only a "crowned eagle" shall be placed on the white stripe. Second national first republican flag and ensign. Green, white, red vertical tricolor with emblem of eagle, no crown, prickly pear, stone, lake and laurel and oak wreath. Durign the Second Empire , the flag was flown by the republican government.
It was official restored on 15 July Due the state of war at the time, several flags were used. To distiguish monarchist from republican flags, the former flown tricolor flags with crowned eagles. This is a brand new emblem of crown, eagle, snake, prickly pear, stone and lake on a gold-bordered shield; plume, collar of the Orden de Guadalupe, scepter, quiver, macana, wreath, crown, scroll and mantling.
The decree does not describes any flag; besides, there is no historical evidence that this coat of arms had been used on flags. Coat of arms changed to a European-styled one: gold-bordered blue, oval shield charged with an eagle, snake, stone, prickly pear, and lake.
Crown, griffin, scepter, sword, ribbons. According to a paint of the time, it seems to be that the imperial flag was used as naval jack. As for the colors, green, white and red, their meaning has changed depending on the taste of the times: originally the colors meant independence, religion and union. Later they were related to natural elements —natural resources, the snow of the volcanoes and the blood of its people. The flag of Mexico is universally accepted, it is not disputed. All Mexicans, those who live within the national territory and those born outside, respect and celebrate it.
In fact, green, white and red is one of the most popular combinations in the world: the flags of Bulgaria, Hungary, Iran, Madagascar, Tajikistan and others have that combination, but two countries are vying for supremacy: Italy and Mexico. In fact, the two flags are so similar from a distance, that in World War II Mexican ships were often in trouble because they were mistaken for Italian ships.
Who had their famous tricolor first, Italy or Mexico? The kingdom of Italy adopted its first green-white-red flag in , some four decades after Mexico. But the Mediterranean tricolor had a history: the Cisalpine Republic, one of the independent states that made up Italy, had unfurled it with pride since To receive weekly updates like this in your inbox, subscribe to The Daily Chela newsletter here.
Gustavo Vazquez-Lozano is a writer from Mexico. He has written extensively about Mexican history. The GGG-grandson of a Union Captain, and the great-grandson of an American diplomat in Mexico, his aim is to write for the better understanding of both nations. He resides in central Mexico. The ratios have changed, and the coat of arms have also changed numerous times. The meaning of the colours has also changed. When they were originally adopted in , green stood for independence, white for religion Roman Catholicism and red for union between Americans and Europeans.
This union between peoples native to Mexico and Spaniards in Mexico in particular was instrumental in winning the war. Current meaning At the end of the Mexican flag history, certain symbols and meanings were agreed upon. The new meanings of the colours are fairly recent: Green is hope, white is unity, and red is the blood of heroes. These meanings are not enforced by law, so they may continue to change. Today the coat of arms is in the centre of the flag, showing an eagle eating a rattlesnake perched on the nopal prickly pear cactus.
Underneath is a garland.
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