In Mexico, every September 16 the country stops, the bulk of the population rests, the streets empty, and Armed Forces aircraft fly over the skies of the capital. This is the commemoration of national independence.
However, despite what is commonly believed, the country did not achieve its freedom on September 15 or 16, but Independence was proclaimed on September 27, 1821, with the entry of the Trigarante Army to the capital city, after weeks before the Treaty of Córdoba was signed between the lieutenant general of the Spanish armies and sent by the crown to be . . .
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