Issued to mark the 200th anniversary of the Heroic Military Academy (Heroico Colegio Militar), founded in 1823 shortly after Mexican independence. The institution gained its "Heroico" honorific following the 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, when cadets — some as young as thirteen — refused to abandon their post during the U.S. invasion and died defending the castle. The so-called Niños Héroes became one of the most politically durable symbols in Mexican national memory.
Issued to mark the 200th anniversary of the Heroic Military Academy (Heroico Colegio Militar), founded in 1823 shortly after Mexican independence. The institution gained its "Heroico" honorific following the 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, when cadets — some as young as thirteen — refused to abandon their post during the U.S. invasion and died defending the castle. The so-called Niños Héroes became one of the most politically durable symbols in Mexican national memory.