Focusing on the Independence, Reform, Revolution Panel of this artwork, discuss the The Virgin of Guadalupe at War about the 1. The War of Independence (1810–21).
= The Virgin of Guadalupe at War The legend is that as Hidalgo left his church to give his Grito he grabbed an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and brandished it during his famous speech.
In the image above, the standard of the Virgin of Guadeloupe leads attacking insurgents in the pursuit of independence. José-Marie Morelos, credited the Virgin for his military victories. One of the insurgents, José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix took the name of Guadalupe Victoria after a military victory at Oaxaca. (He was also Mexico's first President.) In the Mexican Revolution (1910–21), both sides flew the Virgin as they battled. In 1999, the Catholic Church officially proclaimed her the Patroness of the Americas, the Empress of Latin America, and the Protectress of Unborn Children. Whether or not the story of the Virgin of Guadalupe is a myth or a true story, she remains an important symbol of motherhood for Mexicans.
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