Mexico in 2010: Bicentennial Celebrations

Mexico will be celebrating two important anniversaries in 2010. The year marks the bicentennial of Mexican independence - the independence movement in Mexico began in September of 1810 - and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, which began on November 20, 1910.

Many projects are in the works to celebrate these anniversaries. Several museums that have been chosen to serve as venues for the Independence Bicentennial and the Revolution Centennial celebrations are being remodeled. Many of the country's ancient sites are receiving maintenance, and ten new archaeological sites will be opened. There are exhibits of prehispanic, Spanish, modern and contemporary Mexican art planned at museums in Mexico and around the world, and infrastructure and memorial architecture construction projects are also being planned.

Countdown clocks have been strategically placed in cities throughout the country which mark the days until September 15, 2010. When traveling around Mexico you may also notice signs posted along Mexican highways that say "Ruta 2010" which is part of a project of tracing historic routes of military campaigns of both the War of Independence and the Mexican Revolution.

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