Mexico Flag - United Mexican States

Bandera Nacional d' Estados Unidos Mexicanos is a red, white and green tricolour banner with an eagle eating a rattlesnake while standing with its left claw upon a nopal cactus, and a half circle of green oak (enciño) on the left (symbolizing strength) and laurel branches on the right (symbolizing victory). The colors of the flag are red symbolizing the blood that was shed during the battles for Independence, white symbolizing purity, and green symbolizing the fertility of the earth.

The eagle consuming the snake is from an ancient Aztec legend in which the Aztec people were told by Huitzilopochtli (their God) that in order to find the Promised Land, they would have to find the place where an eagle lands on a nopal cactus while eating a snake. After wandering for hundreds of years, they located the eagle on a small swampy island in Lake Texcoco. This new Aztec home was named Tenochtitlan (meaning "Place of the Nopal Cactus"), and was later renamed Mexico City in 1325.

This flag was first used on September 17, 1968 (it was decreed by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz); it was a variation on a flag first used in 1821. The first variation used the colours to symbolize green for its Catholic religion, white was for independence; while red stood for the union between Spaniards and People of the Americas.

Flags Measures 36 in x 60 in and are 100% polyester with grommets for easy flying.