Guatemala gained independence from Spain with the wars that ravaged much of Latin America. In 1821 Mexico proclaimed itself an independent empire, led by General Agustin de Itrubide. On September 15, 1821, a council of notables in Guatemala City declared independence from Spain and fromed a government that assumed jurisdiction over the entire kingdom, keeping the acting captain general, Gabino de Gainza, as the chief executive. Yet individual municipalities throughout the region, from Chiapas to Costa Rica, also assumed the right to act on their own, and several declared independence not only from Spain but from Mexico and Guatemala as well. The government in Guatemala, dominated by the Honduran lawyer and scholar Jose Cecilio del Valle, quickly moved to incorporate the kingdom into Iturbide´s Mexican Empire in January 1822. Resistance from the provinces soon erupted into civil war, but before the issue was decided, Iturbide´s government collapsed. A Central American convention declared Central America independent on July 1, 1823, and formed the United Provinces of Central America, a federation that included Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.
The following pictures were taken by Hermana Lynda Hill who attended the ceremonies on the morning of September 15, 2014
Soldiers at attention and saluting
Bringing out the very large flag for flag raising
Military Bank at ease
Soldiers saluting the flag and the palace
Street vendor selling the flags
Unfurling the flag
Attaching it to the flag pole
The flag raising
Up she goes.
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