Post by H.E. José Cáceres Farfán. C.I. on Aug 20, 2010 15:44:58 GMT 2
Mexico City, August 15, 2010 .- As part of the commemorations of the bicentenary of the National Independence and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution, President Felipe Calderón led the solemn reception of the remains of the heroes of Independence National National Palace.
The skeletal remains belonging to Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, Juan Aldama, Ignacio Allende, Mariano Matamoros, Mariano Jiménez, Pedro Moreno, Víctor Rosales, Vicente Guerrero, Nicolás Bravo, Leona Vicario, Andrés Quintana Roo, Guadalupe Victoria and Mina, were transferred with high military honors from the Castle of Chapultepec Paseo de la Reforma, Avenida Juárez, May 5th Street, Constitution Square and finally entered the National Palace.
There, the remains of the heroes of the country will be exposed as part of the exhibition Mexico: 200 years, the country in construction, which will open its doors for free from next September 5th, the new National Gallery, built for the patriotic celebrations of 2010.
Before this solemn ceremony, the skeletal remains of the heroes of the independence war were subjected to an exhaustive process of preservation by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (NIAH).
The remains of the 14 heroes of Independence remain in the National Palace until July 30, 2011 and then be deposited in another account with the base of the Column of Independence, where they have remained since 1925.
On May 30, 2010, President Calderón led the highest military honors ceremony in which were extracted from the Column of Independence 9 urns containing the remains of the insurgent leaders who participated in the independence movement in 1810.
In the steps of the Column of Independence was mounted a guard of honor to honor the remains. Then he ordered a funeral procession and were placed on the ballot discovered military vehicles that traveled Paseo de la Reforma, from the section between Glorieta del Ángel itself to the junction with the road from Gandhi, and at this point entered the Forest Chapultepec to the National Museum of History, which were also received with military honors.
In the Castle of Chapultepec, the remains of the heroes were taken to a laboratory where NIAH specialists conducted the necessary studies to assess the state in which they find, develop an accurate record of the bones and provide what is necessary for proper conservation.
The skeletal remains belonging to Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, Juan Aldama, Ignacio Allende, Mariano Matamoros, Mariano Jiménez, Pedro Moreno, Víctor Rosales, Vicente Guerrero, Nicolás Bravo, Leona Vicario, Andrés Quintana Roo, Guadalupe Victoria and Mina, were transferred with high military honors from the Castle of Chapultepec Paseo de la Reforma, Avenida Juárez, May 5th Street, Constitution Square and finally entered the National Palace.
There, the remains of the heroes of the country will be exposed as part of the exhibition Mexico: 200 years, the country in construction, which will open its doors for free from next September 5th, the new National Gallery, built for the patriotic celebrations of 2010.
Before this solemn ceremony, the skeletal remains of the heroes of the independence war were subjected to an exhaustive process of preservation by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (NIAH).
The remains of the 14 heroes of Independence remain in the National Palace until July 30, 2011 and then be deposited in another account with the base of the Column of Independence, where they have remained since 1925.
On May 30, 2010, President Calderón led the highest military honors ceremony in which were extracted from the Column of Independence 9 urns containing the remains of the insurgent leaders who participated in the independence movement in 1810.
In the steps of the Column of Independence was mounted a guard of honor to honor the remains. Then he ordered a funeral procession and were placed on the ballot discovered military vehicles that traveled Paseo de la Reforma, from the section between Glorieta del Ángel itself to the junction with the road from Gandhi, and at this point entered the Forest Chapultepec to the National Museum of History, which were also received with military honors.
In the Castle of Chapultepec, the remains of the heroes were taken to a laboratory where NIAH specialists conducted the necessary studies to assess the state in which they find, develop an accurate record of the bones and provide what is necessary for proper conservation.