The Flag of Mexico. The current Mexican flag has been officially in use since 1968, although the origins of the general three colored design go back as far as 1821. The flag of Mexico has three vertical stripes on it; green, white and red. The Eagle in the Mexican Flag. In the middle of the Mexican flag between the green and red stripes is a picture of an eagle holding a snake in its mouth hand right claw. read more
The Mexican Coat of Arms, which also appears on the Mexican national flag, illustrates the fulfillment of a prophesy describing where the Aztec people would found their first city. It shows an eagle perched on a cactus with a serpent in its mouth. read more
Tradition says that in 1200 dc, one of the nahua tribes so and omen, in what we now know as the valley of Mexico in the midle of the lake they should establish their city where they saw an Eagle fighting against a snake who would be standing on a cactus, when Tenoch saw the omen, the Eagle bowed its head and that is where the city was founded. read more