Editorial photo #7413492 Human Interest
A Minimal Revolution Day Celebration In Valladolid Due To Covid-19 Pandemic
Members of the municipal police (Policía Municipal de Valladolid) carry the national flag of Mexico to the Town Hall after the short ceremony of El Día de la Revolucion (Revolution Day), a national holiday commemorating the beginning of the Mexican Revolution on November 20, 1910. Official Revolution Day celebrations have been canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The city of Valladolid was the site of the 'first spark of the Mexican Revolution,' also known as the Dzelkoop Plan, an uprising that began on June 4, 1910, by Maximiliano R. Bonilla and other leaders of the Independent Electoral Center and the Anti Reelectionist Front, against the dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz. On Saturday, November 20, 2021, in Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)