Sarah Farr
Chapultepec
A homage to the niños heroes de 1947. The legend goes that in 1947, as U.S. troops invaded the Castle of Chapultepec during the Mexican-American War, that six young cadets from the military school sacrificed their lives protecting the castle and fighting for the patria. His friends killed, the last boy snatched the Mexican flag from atop the castle, wrapped it around himself, and threw himself of the castle roof to his death, in a final show of loyalty to prevent the flag from falling into enemy hands.
The patriotic story is told and retold everywhere in Mexico (a popular street name, painting subject, etc.), though its veracity has been questioned.
Chapultepec
A homage to the niños heroes de 1947. The legend goes that in 1947, as U.S. troops invaded the Castle of Chapultepec during the Mexican-American War, that six young cadets from the military school sacrificed their lives protecting the castle and fighting for the patria. His friends killed, the last boy snatched the Mexican flag from atop the castle, wrapped it around himself, and threw himself of the castle roof to his death, in a final show of loyalty to prevent the flag from falling into enemy hands.
The patriotic story is told and retold everywhere in Mexico (a popular street name, painting subject, etc.), though its veracity has been questioned.