CIVIC PROGRAM TO COMMEMORATE THE 197TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE

BEGINNING OF THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT AND THE MEXICAN

REVOLUTION ARE TWO EVENTS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE IN THE
BEGINNINGS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN HISTORY.

NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE IS ONE OF THE MILESTONES IN THE

STRUGGLE FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF INDIVIDUALS AND
PEOPLES, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN
WORLD.

LET US BEGIN OUR CIVIC ACT WITH THE SOLEMNITY AND RESPECT THAT
IS REQUIRED TO COMMEMORATE THE 197TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BEGINNING OF THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE, WHICH
TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1810 IN THE TOWN OF DOLORES IN THE
CURRENT STATE OF GUANAJUATO.

1.- HONORS TO THE NATIONAL FLAG. ( PROFRA. OTI)

THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES, MEXICO, AS WE ALL KNOW IT, BECAME,

DURING THE ARMED CONFLICT, THE FIRST COUNTRY TO DECREE THE
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND TO PUT INTO PRACTICE THE PRINCIPLE OF
EQUALITY OF ALL MEN.THE INSURGENT MEXICO IS ALSO THE SEED OF
SOVEREIGNTY, THE CONSTITUTIONAL REGIME AND POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL EQUALITY IN OUR COUNTRY.

2.- MEXICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM DIRECTED BY PROFRA. BEATRÍZ ELENA

RUÍZ LÓPEZ. ( PROFRA. OTI )

THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO HAVE IN THEIR HISTORICAL MEMORY ONE OF

THE MOST PRECIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF THEIR INTANGIBLE CULTURAL
HERITAGE, WITHOUT WHICH THE MATERIAL FORMS OF CULTURE WOULD
BE MEANINGLESS.
TO GATHER TO REMEMBER, TO MAKE OF MEMORY A BOND OF UNION, A
SPACE OF COMMEMORATION, OF SHARED MEMORY, OF COMMON
MEMORY, CULTURE IS DIALOGUE, IT IS COMMUNICATION, IT IS
COMMUNITY, IT IS THE PROPITIOUS POINT TO ENTER AS MEXICAN
SOCIETY IN THE COMPLEXITY AND TRUTH OF THE HISTORY OF OUR
NATION.

3.- HONORS TO THE NATIONAL FLAG. ( PROFRA. OTI )

 THE HISTORICAL COMMEMORATION OF THE BEGINNING OF THE
STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE UNDERSCORES THE
UNIQUENESS OF OUR PAST AND OUR CULTURE, AND ALSO REDISCOVERS
OUR BELONGING TO A PAST AND A BROAD HORIZON OF CIVILIZATION
THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY ALL MEXICANS BUT ALSO ALL THE PEOPLES
WITH WHOM WE SHARE LANGUAGE AND HISTORY.

LET US LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE REVIEW OF THIS IMPORTANT

HISTORICAL EVENT IN THE WORDS OF:
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______________________________________________. PROFRA. OTI ).

OUR MEXICO RECOGNIZES ITSELF AS A PLURIETHNIC AND

PLURICULTURAL NATION AND FINDS IN ITS HISTORY, LANGUAGES,
RELIGIONS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE
COMMON TO ALL OF US AND MAKE US FEEL PROUDLY MEXICAN.

5.- HYMN TO THE TECHNICAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH THE

DIRECTION OF PROFRA. BEATRÍZ ELENA RUÍZ LÓPEZ.
( PROFRA. OTI )

REMEMBERING THE HEROIC DEEDS OF OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE,

WITH THE PRIEST MIGUEL HIDALGO Y COSTILLA, WITH JOSE MARÍA
MORELOS Y PAVÓN, WITH IGNACIO ALLENDE, WITH THE BRAVO
BROTHERS, WITH JOSEFA ORTÍZ DE DOMÍNGUEZ, VICENTE GUERRERO,
FRANCISCO JAVIER MINA AND SO MANY OTHER HEROES, ALSO
SUMMONS US TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY FOUGHT TO MAKE THIS
COUNTRY A MORE INDEPENDENT NATION.

6.- WE RECEIVE THE GENERAL INDICATIONS FROM THE SCHOOL

MANAGEMENT. ( PROFRA. OTI )

DURING THIS WEEK, NEXT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 TO BE MORE

PRECISE, OUR INSTITUTION, THE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL NUM. 118
CELEBRATES ITS 23RD ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING, SINCE IT BEGAN
ITS ACTIVITIES BACK IN 1984. SO LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE
IN ADVANCE.

7.- THE FOLLOWING PERSONALITIES PRESIDED OVER THIS CEREMONY.

( PROFRA. OTI )