Chapultepec (6)


Source: WTL photograph of the main entrance to the Castillo; that is, the Museo Nacional de Historia in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City.
Comments: Inset at the lower left of this photograph is a plaque that is affixed to the building just to this monumental entrance. It says in Spanish: "A la lealtad de los alumnos del Heroico Colegio Militar quienes el 9 de febrero de 1913 custodiaron al ciudadano Presidente de la República Francisco I Madero en la marcha que, desde este lugar, efectuó al Palacio Nacional, en afirmación de su mandato institucional / 9 de febrero de 1973 / "Día de la Lealtad" / El Gobierno de la República". (To the loyalty of the cadets in the Heroic Military Academy who, on February 9, 1913, formed the honor guard for citizen and President of the Republic Francisco I. Madero, who, from this place, marched to the National Palace in confirmation of his institutional mandate / February 9, 1973 / Day of Loyalty / The Government of the Republic.)