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Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park
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Avenida el Espino | Valley of the Hammocks, San Salvador, El Salvador

In 2010, Mexico celebrated both the 200th anniversary of its Independence and 100th anniversary of its Revolution. The entire year was proclaimed by President Felipe Calderón as Año de la Patria, or Year of the Nation. 16 September 1810 is the day of the Grito de Dolores or Miguel Hidalgo's call to take up arms against the Spanish colonial government. The start of the Mexican Revolution is celebrated as being 20 November 1910, when Francisco Pancho Villa and Pascual Orozco led the first insurrectionist attack. Events and other promotions of these celebrations were designed to link of Mexico's identity and historic continuity. During a speech at the inauguration of the Casa de Allende Historic Museum, Felipe Calderón called upon Mexico to use the upcoming anniversaries to reflect on where the country has been and to think about what kind of Mexico descendants will inherit in the future. He said the vision of the insurgents of the War of Independence was forward, not backward, so every celebration of these past events must consider the future as well.
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