Flag Day is not a public holiday, but rather a national observance day. Most businesses follow regular opening hours in Mexico.

The colors of the Mexican flag – red, white, and green – are the national liberation army’s colors. Mexicans first celebrated the country’s current flag on February 24, 1937.

The emblem in the middle of the flag comes from a legendary Aztec story. The Aztecs built their empire on a spot where they found an eagle eating a snake on top of a cactus. It is believed that the incident of the eagle and snake was a sign given by one of their gods and the place where it happened is now Mexico City.