Mexico and USA flag

The Mexican flag is a national symbol of importance, that gives identity and value to the history and present of the nation. Its meaning and history are taught to children as part of compulsory and free education established as a constitutional right in all of Mexico.

Green

It means the hope and the independence of the mexican people, which was previously a Spanish colony, known as New Spain.

White

The white refers to the union of all mexicans; although anciently had the meaning of faith in the catholic religion.

Red

Represents the blood that the heroes of the independence and the revolution poured out for free to Mexico and to transform it into a better country.

Shield

The coat of arms present in the flag of Mexico makes reference to the legend of the people of mexica, one of their most important gods: Huitzilopochtli, commanded them that they will walk and not stop to see an eagle devouring a snake; when the mexicans observed this signal, they founded there the city of Tenochtitlan.

Flag of the United States

The flag of the united States was mentioned for the first time in 1777. Its author was probably congressman Francis Hopkinson , who was inspired by the flag of the Sons of Liberty – a group of activists protesting against the introduction of customs-English in the american colonies.

The thirteen stripes should symbolize the first colonies that participated in these struggles, originally along with thirteen stars arranged in a circle. The current form of the flag, which was adopted in 1912, it retained the thirteen stripes indicating the first member states.

However, the number of stars increased with the accession of new member states from 13 to 50. The last star was added in 1960, when Hawaii officially became part of the U.S.

Below we show you some examples of the Mexican and Usa flag: