Memorial obelisk monument to Martyrs of the Revolution 1910-1932, Parque de los Heroes, Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

The Freedom Monument honors people killed during the Latvian War of Independence, Riga, Latvia, Baltics, Europe

People coming to pay respects at the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation war, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

Statue illustrating the War for Independence, Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation war, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

Alhondiga de Granaditas, former granary, site of first major rebel victory of the War of Independence, now a museum, Guanajuato, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guanajuato State, Mexico, North America

The Freedom Monument honors people killed during the Latvian War of Independence, Riga, Latvia, Baltics, Europe

Renovated typical dwelling, also housed guerillas in the War of Independence against France, the Kasbah, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Detail of "Flaming Hidalgo" mural by JosÈ Clemente Orozco at Palacio de Gobierno, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Cemetery of the Croatian soldiers killed in the defence of the city Vukovar by military attacks on the city from the JNA-supported Serbs in the Croatian War of Independence, in Vukovar, Croatia

Tomb monument to the American War of Independence, Lexington Battle Green, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, North America

Young girls with Abkhaz flags wait for their turn to perform during a gala show at the main stadium in Sukhumi, celebrating ten years of "independence" from Georgia, and the ten year anniversary of the end of the war, in Sukhum, Abkhazia.

Plaza San Martin, with a statue of San Martin Peru's Independence Hero, it is the hub of the modern city and site of political rallies, Central City, Lima, Peru