Talk:Niños Héroes

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--- The story is quite real, and it's not leftist or anti-American propaganda. Heroism isn't confined to the United States, nor is it confined only to the winning side in a war. They gave their life defending their nation's capital from a foreign invader; that is a heroic act even if the foreign invader was the USA. user:Jsc1973

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I never knew of the Ninos Heroes, but they truely deserve respect. I am not Mexican nor American but true heroism is the same in any nationaly. Yongke 14:16, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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I don't understand that part at the end of the first paragraph that doubts the veracity of the story...

Indeed, wasn't Ernesto Zedillo fired as Education Secretariat for angering the Mexican Army by proving that the Niños heroes did not exist? Hari Seldon 08:05, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Child labour?

Does this really belong in the Child labour catagory? To me it seems to have little with actual "labor," per se. Perhaps in Military use of children, but I'm not even sure if that's a good fit as it would open the door to the general topic for specific incidents like West Point cadets killed during the US Civil War and such.

Thoughts?

--KNHaw 22:29, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Given that Chapultepec Castle was the seat of the Military Academy at the time of the battle, this event has a lot to do with being in the wrong place at the wrong time and little with actively recruiting children for war. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 09:46, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Good enough. Looks like User:Matthew_Husdon already yanked it from Child Labour. I won't move it to Military use of children, either.

[edit] Ninos Heroes

How about more information on the monument itself? When was it built? Was this the original monument or was there a more modest one before it?

And is there information on the US National Cemetary that is also in Mexico City that holds a mass grave of unknown US soldiers that died during the Invasion of Mexico?

-LKE