History of a Bell

La Jornada

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Factuality

Ownership

The day after 11 o’clock in the evening, on the main balcony of Palacio Nacional, President Claudia Sheinbaum is going to give the cry. It is a ceremony that always causes emotion, particularly now, that a woman presides over it. The culmination of the event is when simultaneously she plays the Bell of Dolores and hoistes the flag of Mexico among the !viva! enthusiasts who chant the crowd that crowds the Zócalo. Then, the National Hymn that ever…