Running to the stationery store at night for a monograph is one of the most unifying experiences for many in this city. We all have the memory of buying a monograph with the Heroes of Independence: copying in our notebook the text behind the most deformed illustration of the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and then pasting it in the small square notebook. After many years, we went to the stationery store again for some monographs to discover how they tell the story of the national holidays.
Niños Heroes, September 13, 1847
This is one of the most famous historical events in our history because there are several legends about what happened in those days of 1847, from the cadets having a party, to the version that Juan Escutia wrapping himself in the Mexican flag and throwing himself into the void is false.
This monograph specifies all the events that led to the battle at Chapultepec Castle, as well as the Battle of Churubusco with the famous phrase of General Anaya to General Winfield Scott, and the end of this conflict between the United States and Mexico.
Initiation of the Independence of Mexico, September 15, 1810
This is the most representative date of September, we see the streets full of flag carts and we wait for the Day of the Scream in the Zócalo. In the schools there is no shortage of representations of the cry of Dolores where children dress up as Hidalgo and Morelos.
In the monograph we found, we can see in the center a collage of all the national heroes and on the back we can read about the beginnings of Independence, the reference to the French Revolution and a few lines about the caste system. We can also see a small square that tells the story of the Pípila, one of the most told legends about the Independence. In this monograph we do not find images of Leona Vicario, who, together with Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, are the few women mentioned as part of the Independence movement.
Consummation of Mexico's Independence, September 27, 1927
Although this date marks the end of the war that began in 1810, it is much less celebrated than September 15. In the monographs we obtained, two of the most important characters of this period are shown: Vicente Guerrero and Agustín Iturbide.
In one of the monographs we see a Vicente Guerrero that probably has little to do with the real one, since in recent times historians and experts have come to the conclusion that Guerrero probably belonged to the African diaspora, that is, he was Afro-Mexican, which is important when recognizing the diversity of our country.
