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Summary: The Mexican flag originated in 1821 and displays three vertical stripes with an Aztec eagle symbol in the middle. Find out how the three colors of the Mexican flag represent the three items in the peace treaty between royalists and insurgents with information from the owners of a flag and flagpole vendor in this free video on flags.
Harvey Kronberg and Michele Kronberg are the owners and operators of Austin Flag and Flagpole, the largest flag and flagpole vendors in Central Texas. Kronberg is the second...read more
"Hi I'm Harvey Kronberg with Austin Flag and Flagpole, and one of the frequent questions we're asked is the origin of the Mexican flag. Obviously here in Texas a lot of folks do display the Mexican flag. It originated back in 1821 when there was an insurrection in Mexico and the three colors, the three stripes, that they originally were diagonal, they represented three of the items in the peace treaty between the royalist and the insurgents, down to the years that went through a few different changes. The eagle symbol that appeared in the back appears initially in 1916, and actually when it first happened it was facing forward, now it's facing to the side. The eagle is actually an Aztec symbol, and it goes back to Aztec mythology. But the current Mexican flag is now three vertical stripes with the symbol in the center. And that's pretty much the origin of the Mexican flag."
eHow Article: About the Mexican Flag
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