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Mexico to Honor Heroes With Pomp - and Beer
 Associated Press
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May 21, 2010
| | Bottles of "Zapata" beer are displayed during its presentation to the press in Guadalajara, Mexico Thursday, May 20, 2010. The beer is named after Mexican revolutionary icon Emiliano Zapata as part of the brewery’s market strategy. (AP/Carlos Jasso) | |
Mexico City - Viva Mexico! And pass me a cold one.
The government announced plans Thursday to disinter and display the remains of a dozen heroes of Mexico's struggle for independence, while a brewer has a different sort of honor in mind for leaders of the revolution: putting their names and famous visages on bottles of beer.
Mexico is pulling out all the stops this year to mark both the bicentennial of its 1810 independence struggle and the centennial of the 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution.
The government's bicentennial commission said it will hold a ceremony May 30 to remove the remains sealed in crypts in Mexico City's Independence Monument, where they were placed in 1925.
Forensic studies, though not DNA tests, will be carried out to confirm whether they really belong to heroes such as rebellious priest Miguel Hidalgo, considered the country's founding father. There has been some doubt about the authenticity of the remains, which were haphazardly stored and handled during the 19th century.
They will be on public display before returning to the crypt next year.
Meanwhile Cerveceria Revolucion launched a beer named for Gen. Emiliano Zapata, who led a peasant army in a fight for land rights before he was killed in an ambush on April 10, 1919.
A black-and-white portrait of the mustachioed leader graces the amber bottles, which were unveiled Thursday in the city of Guadalajara.
Cerveceria Revolucion promises a full six-pack of "revolutionary" beers this year, including one named for Pancho Villa.
The company specializes in beers named after historical figures and already has one named for Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
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