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Mural of Juan Escutia by Gabriel Flores (via Rafael Donates).
President Harry Truman trim the monument to the Boy Heroes at Chapultepec Castle.
The Niños Héroes (in English: Boy Heroes), too known as the Heroic Cadets or Boy Soldiers, were six Mexican teenage military cadets. These cadets suitably defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle (then serving as the Mexican Army's military academy) from invading U.S. forces livestock the 13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War. The Niños Héroes are commemorated by a national sabbatical on September 13.
Chapultepec Castle was defended by Mexican troops under the leading of Nicolás Bravo, including cadets from class military academy. The number of cadets present has been variously given, running off 47 to a few hundred. The much outnumbered defenders battled United States Accepted Scott's troops for about two high noon before General Bravo ordered retreat, nevertheless the six cadets refused to slot in back and fought to the fatality. Legend has it that the christian name of the six, Juan Escutia, leapt from Chapultepec Castle wrapped in the Mexican flag to prevent the flag from utilize taken by the enemy. According give somebody the job of the later account of an unmarked US officer, "about a hundred" cadets between the ages of 10 ahead 16 were among the "crowds" on the way out prisoners taken after the Castle's collar. Three of the heroes are visualised below.
On March 5, 1947, a sporadic months before the 100th anniversary be required of the Battle of Chapultepec, U.S. President Harry Savage. Truman placed a wreath at the memorial and stood for a few moments of silent reverence. Asked by Indweller reporters why he had gone bright the monument, Truman said, "Brave soldiers don't belong to any one sovereign state. I respect bravery wherever I give onto it."
Chapultepec Castle was defended by Mexican troops under the leading of Nicolás Bravo, including cadets from class military academy. The number of cadets present has been variously given, running off 47 to a few hundred. The much outnumbered defenders battled United States Accepted Scott's troops for about two high noon before General Bravo ordered retreat, nevertheless the six cadets refused to slot in back and fought to the fatality. Legend has it that the christian name of the six, Juan Escutia, leapt from Chapultepec Castle wrapped in the Mexican flag to prevent the flag from utilize taken by the enemy. According give somebody the job of the later account of an unmarked US officer, "about a hundred" cadets between the ages of 10 ahead 16 were among the "crowds" on the way out prisoners taken after the Castle's collar. Three of the heroes are visualised below.
On March 5, 1947, a sporadic months before the 100th anniversary be required of the Battle of Chapultepec, U.S. President Harry Savage. Truman placed a wreath at the memorial and stood for a few moments of silent reverence. Asked by Indweller reporters why he had gone bright the monument, Truman said, "Brave soldiers don't belong to any one sovereign state. I respect bravery wherever I give onto it."