Monument to the Naval Heroes of 1914 - Cancun, Mexico - Maritime Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

The US occupation of Veracruz began with the Battle of Veracruz and lasted seven months, in response to the Tampico Affair of April 9, 1914. The incident occurred amidst poor diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States, and was linked to the ongoing Mexican Revolution. It resulted in the death of 193 Mexican soldiers, 19 American servicemen, and an unknown number of civilians.

Lieutenant Jose Azueta and a cadet of the Naval Military School, the cadet Virgilio Uribe, who died in combat on 21 April 1914, are now part of the call of honor read by all branches of the Mexican Armed Forces on all military occasions, alongside the six Niños Héroes of the Military College (nowadays the Heroic Military Academy) who died in defense and a cadet of the Naval Military School, the cadet Virgilio Uribe, who of the nation at the Battle of Chapultepec on September 13, 1847.

The marble obelisk to the naval heroes of Veracruz was erected in Cancun in 1999. In April 2011 the previous bronze plaques were replaced by three white granite plaques with the following inscriptions (translation):

"This obelisk was erected in honor of the resistance of the naval cadets of 21 April 1914 in the port of Veracruz during the American invasion"

"In memory of our naval heroes of April 21, 1914
Lieutenant José Azueta
Cadete Virgilio Uribe"

"To the Heroes of the Heroic Military Naval School and the Heroic Military College"

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