The city of Elgin is commissioning a replica of Mexico City’s famous “Ángel de la Independencia” sculpture to be built for its La Fiesta de Elgin celebration in September.

The remains, deposited in crypts under the landmark Angel of Independence statue in 1925, were removed Sunday morning by gloved soldiers carrying five ornate gold and wooden boxes.

MY earliest political memory is of an elementary-school trip five decades ago to the Angel of Independence, the golden winged statue atop a soaring marble column in the heart of Mexico City, where ...

mount the 3.4m replica of the original statue. The original stands on a 45m pillar in Mexico City, where Mexican heroes of independence are buried at the base. The heroes include Miguel Hidalgo, ...