Banner o Mexico

The Banner o Mexico (Spainyie: Bandera de México) is a vertical tricolor o green, white, an red wi the naitional coat o airms chairged in the center o the white stripe. While the meanin of the colors haes chynged ower time, these three colors wur adoptit bi Mexico follaein independence frae Spain durin the kintra's War o Independence, an subsequent First Mexican Empire. The current banner wis adoptit in 1968, but the oweraw design haes been uised since 1821, when the First Naitional Banner wis creatit. The current law o naitional seembols, Law on the Naitional Airms, Banner, an Anthem, that governs the uise o the naitional banner haes been in place since 1984.

Red, white, an green are the colors o the naitional liberation airmy in Mexico. The central emblem is the Aztec pictogram for Tenochtitlan (nou Mexico Ceety), the center o their empire. It recaws the legend that inspired the Aztecs tae settle on wha wis oreeginally a lake-island. The form o the coat o airms wis maist recently revised in 1968. A ribbon in the naitional colors is at the bottom o the coat o airms. Throughoot history, the flag haes chynged fower times, as the design o the coat o airms an the length-width ratios o the banner hae been modified. Housomeivver, the coat o airms haes haed the same features throughoot: an eagle, hauldin a serpent in its talon, is percht on top o a prickly pear cactus; the cactus is situatit on a rock that rises abuin a lake. The coat o airms is derived frae an Aztec legend that their gods tauld them tae build a ceety whaur they spot an eagle on a nopal eatin a serpent, which is nou Mexico Ceety. The current naitional banner, the Fowert Naitional Banner, is an aa uised as the Mexican naval ensign bi ships registered in Mexico.

Chronology

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Mexico Non-Independent Northren Americae - New Spain - Mexican Americae América Septentrional - Nueva España - América Mexicana 1535 — 1821
Adoptit date Related organization	Promulgatit	Banner	Description
17 Aprile 1535 Monarchy	17 Aprile 1535 – 25 November 1550 Antonio de Mendoza Viceroy 29 Aprile 1783 - 3 November 1784 Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo Viceroy		Viceroy o New Spain
1785 - 1821 Monarchy	Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid Viceroy 21 Julie 1821 - 28 September 1821 Juan O'Donojú y O'Rian Viceroy		Viceroy o New Spain
Mexico Independent Mexican Naition - Mexican Empire - Mexican Republic - Unitit Mexican States Nación Mexicana - Imperio Mexicano - República Mexicana - Estados Unidos Mexicanos 1821 — 2013
Adopted date Related organization	Promulgatit	Banner	Description
24 Februar 1821 Sovereign Provisional Junta	Agustín Iturbide Royalist Vicente Ramón Guerrero Insurgent		Banner o the Three Guarantees Designed bi José Magdaleno Ocampo
24 August 1821 Sovereign Provisional Junta	Agustin Iturbide Regency's Preses		Banner o the Iturbide's Regency Designed bi Agustin Iturbide
2 November 1821 Constitutional Congress	Agustín Iturbide I o Mexico Emperor José Manuel de Herrera First Meenister		Banner o the First Mexican Empire Designed bi Agustin Iturbide
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14 Aprile 1823 Constitutional Congress	10 October 1824 – 1 Aprile 1829 Guadalupe Victoria President 21 Januar 1858 - 28 December 1862 Félix María Zuloaga Preses		Banner o the Mexican Republic Designed bi Constitutional Congress
Government Executive 10 October 1824 - 15 Mey 1867 Reform War 21 Januar 1858 - 28 December 1862		Regency o the Seicont Mexican Empire 11 Julie 1863 - 18 November 1863
15 Julie 1864 Constitutional Congress	Maximilian I o Mexico Emperor Juan Nepomuceno Almonte First Meenister		Banner o the Seicont Mexican Empire Designed bi Ferdinand Maximilian
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19 June 1867 Government Executive	Benito Pablo Juárez García Preses		Readoptit Banner o the Mexican Republic Designed bi Constitutional Congress
1 Aprile 1893 Government Executive	José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Preses		Banner o the Mexican Republic Designed bi Tomas de la Peña
20 September 1916 Government Executive	Venustiano Carranza Garza Preses		Banner o the Unitit Mexican States Designed bi Antonio Gómez
5 Februar 1934 Government Executive	Abelardo Rodríguez Luján Preses		Banner o the Unitit Mexican States Designed bi Jorge Enciso
16 September 1968 Government Executive	Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Preses		Banner o the Unitit Mexican States Designed bi Francisco Eppens Helguera
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Ithers

Ither banners wur flown as Mexican banners, either designed tae intimidate the enemy or tae act as identification. These banners wur considered athoot subsequent formal documentation as naitional banner an temporally situatit; Banner o Francisco I. Madero (9 Februar 1913), Banner o Doliente Hidalgo (2 Januar 1812), Banner o José María Morelos y Pavón, Banner o Francisco Villa, Banner o Siera Battalion, Banner o Jalisco Battalion, Libres de Puebla Battalion, Artillería Mina Battalion, Oaxaca Battalion, Toluca Battalion, Banner o Chihuahua Battalion, Banner o Durango Battalion, Banner o San Lorenzo Battalion, Banner o Lanceros Battalion, Banner o San Luis Potosí Battalion, Banner o Aguascalientes Battalion, Banner o Galeana Battalion (22 Mey 1864), Banner o San Blas Battalion (24 September 1846), Banner o Tres Villas Battalion, Banner o Milicias Battalion, Banner o Remixto Battalion, Banner o Quautla Battalion, Banner o 201 Squadron, Etc.

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