Mexico remembers past conflicts and honors historians
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On September 12, people in Mexico commemorated the Day of the Historian and Historian, marking the 1919 founding of the Mexican Academy of History which works to promote historical studies.
The day also recalled the Battle of Chapultepec in 1847, when United States forces, led by Winfield Scott, attacked Chapultepec Castle and killed five young cadets defending Mexico City.
This battle ultimately led to Mexico losing over half of its territory in 1848, following the withdrawal of US troops and further land concessions made by Santa Anna in 1853. Several individuals and groups marked the day with cultural and political events. The Secretary of Culture, Claudia Curiel, expressed happiness about the budget allocated for reading promotion, but Antonio Modesto Inclán Chávez observed that many libraries are empty, with more staff than readers.
Brújula Metropolitana hosted a debate about artificial intelligence, while El Albergue del Arte and Tadeco Teatro premiered a play, El Picos Juárez, about a retired boxer in Mexico City who now makes piñatas. Other groups organized a kite-making workshop to support children in Palestine and a rally at the Monument to the Revolution to defend popular sovereignty and oppose imperialism.
The Academy of History remembered Miguel León Portilla, who studied náhuatl culture, and Luis González y González, a pioneer in microhistory focused on his hometown in Michoacán.
