President Claudia Sheinbaum leads the Cry of Independence ceremony; the first woman in 215 years / @Claudiashein @GobinoMX >>>
#FederalGovernment, #Mexico.– On the 215th anniversary of the Cry of Independence, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the first woman to lead this ceremony, highlighted the unsung heroines, indigenous women, and migrant sisters and brothers, and recalled that Mexico is a free, independent, and sovereign country.
“Mexicans: Long live Independence! Long live Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla! Long live Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón! Long live José María Morelos y Pavón! Long live Leona Vicario! Long live Ignacio Allende! Long live Gertrudis Bocanegra! Long live Vicente Guerrero! Long live Manuela Molina ‘La Capitana’!
“Long live the unsung heroines! Long live the heroines and heroes who gave us our homeland! Long live indigenous women! Long live our migrant sisters and brothers!” Long live the dignity of the people of Mexico! Long live freedom! Long live equality! Long live democracy! Long live justice! Long live a free, independent, and sovereign Mexico! Long live Mexico! Long live Mexico! «Long live Mexico!» she exclaimed, accompanied by her husband, Jesús María Tarriba.
Before approximately 280,000 Mexicans gathered in Mexico City’s magnificent Zócalo, the Chief Executive waved the national flag on the main balcony of the National Palace. She received it for the first time in history from female military personnel belonging to the Heroic Military College: from the flag bearer, Military Police Lieutenant Jennifer Samantha Torres Jiménez, and from the escort made up of Cadet Corporals Samira Michel Delgadillo Chávez; Itzel Sarahi Martínez Tozcano; Karla Paola Guevara Pérez; and Cadets Andrea Carvajal Audelo and Yetzelany Gallegos Ortiz.
Likewise, the president revived a tradition inaugurated by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador by mounting an Honor Guard during his tour of the Gallery of Presidents at the National Palace, in an unprecedented event, in front of the portrait of Leona Vicario, renowned military officer. in 1823 as “Meritorious and Sweetest Mother of the Homeland”, a historic event since, for the first time, a painting of a woman entered the main gallery of the National Palace.
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