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Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico — The Pacific Coast (and Central Highlands)
 

Melchor Ocampo

 
 
Melchor Ocampo Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 27, 2019
1. Melchor Ocampo Marker
Inscription.  

Lic. Enrique Peña Nieto
Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Lic. Fausto Vallejo Figueroa
Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo

Profr. Wilfrido Lázaro Medina
Presidente Municipal de Morelia


En conmemoración del bicentenario del natalicio de Don Melchor Ocampo
Ilustre michoacano ártifice de las Leyes de Reforma.
Morelia, Michoacán, 6 de enero 2014


English translation:
Enrique Peña Nieto
Constitutional President of the United States of Mexico

Fausto Vallejo Figueroa
Constitutional Governor of the State of Michoacán de Ocampo

Prof. Wilfrido Lázaro Medina
Municipal President of Morelia


In commemoration of the bicentenary of the birth of Melchor Ocampo
Illustrious son of Michoacán, composer of the Reform Laws.
Morelia, Michoacán, January 6, 2014
 
Erected 2014 by Gobierno de México.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics
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Patriots & Patriotism. A significant historical date for this entry is January 6, 2014.
 
Location. 19° 42.122′ N, 101° 11.502′ W. Marker is in Morelia, Michoacán. Marker is on Avenida Morelos Sur just south of Avenida Francisco I. Madero, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Morelia MIC 58000, Mexico. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. In Memory of the Victims of September 15, 2008 Attack (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cathedral of Morelia (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Morelia Cathedral (about 90 meters away); a different marker also named The Cathedral of Morelia (about 90 meters away); Bisencio Varrocio Escallola (about 90 meters away); Adolfo Maillefert (about 120 meters away); The Lancasterian Normal Schools (about 120 meters away); Martyrs of Liberty (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morelia.
 
An additional Melchor Ocampo Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 27, 2019
2. An additional Melchor Ocampo Marker
This additional tablet includes a quote from Melcho Ocampo and reads:

Es hablando no matandonos como habemos de entendernos
Melchor Ocampo

English translation:
It is through talking, not killing each other, that we come to an understanding.
Melchor Ocampo
An additional Melchor Ocampo Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 27, 2019
3. An additional Melchor Ocampo Marker
This additional marker on the monument's reverse notes the 2010 remodeling of the Mechor Ocampo Plaza in celebration of the bicentennial of the beginning of the struggle for Mexican Independence in 1810.
Melchor Ocampo monument and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 27, 2019
4. Melchor Ocampo monument and Marker
Tree of the Liberals image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 27, 2019
5. Tree of the Liberals
Near the Melchor Ocampo monument and marker is the 'Tree of the Liberals', including another quote from Ocampo. It reads:

Arbol de los Liberales
Ser Liberal en todo cuesta trabajo porque se require ser hombre en todo
Melchor Ocampo

English translation:
Tree of the Liberals
To be a Liberal in everything is difficult, because it means being a true man in everything.
Melchor Ocampo
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 29, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 108 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 29, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.

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