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On November 2, 1821, Don Agustin de
Iturbide,
as president of the provisional goverment composed by
other 38 personalities, decreed: that the National Flag
should contain vertical stripes in colours green, white
and red, adding to the white centre a crowned eagle,
resting on the legendary nopal (Nahoa).
This flag was used in every ceremony during Iturbide’s
Empire since his coronation at July 21, 1822.
Jorge Candeias, 27 Oct 1997, translating from
La
Bandera Mexicana website
In 1823, when Iturbide fell,
the Congress decreted
that the crown hold by the eagle was to be removed, but
adding a half circle of green oak (enciño)
and laurel branches.
Jorge Candeias, 27 Oct 1997, translating from
La
Bandera Mexicana website
When the country became a Republic on April 14th, 1823, the
Constituent Congress changed the emblem, removing the crown and
adding oak and laurel branches below. These elements have lasted
until nowadays, though the eagle has changed from profile to
three-quarters" and to affronty.
Santiago Dotor, 29 Dec 1998, summarizing from
http://dyred.sureste.com/club/6febrero/24feb.htm
![[Flag of Mexico]](../images/m/mx.gif)
In preparation for the 1968 summer Olympic games, Mexico rewrote
its flag legislation not only by designing a new eagle / snake / cactus
coat of arms but also by dropping officially the
“plain” tricolor and
adopted the flag with the arms as the one for all purposes.
Nick Artimovich, 16 Mar 1998
By decree of Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, dated September
17, 1968, the National coat of arms was changed to the current one.
It holds some differences to the one decreed by
Don Venustiano Carranza in 1916.
Jorge Candeias, 27 Oct 1997, translating from
La
Bandera Mexicana website