5 Things You Didn´t Know About Our Flag

1. The first Flag Day was celebrated on February 24th 1940.

2. Its colors represent our Nation´s Ideals (green), the purity of our National Unity (white), and the bloodshed by our Mexican heroes (red)

3. Whenever there´s the need to replace a flag replica, it must be incinerated.

4. The first object to be called as a flag was the Virgen de Guadalupe banner, which was held by the priest Miguel Hidalgo.

5. The modern design of our flag shield was designed by the architects Francisco Eppens Helguera and Pedro Moctezuma Días Infante and was presented on February 24th 1969.