Today is Mexican Independence Day. No, this is not the same thing as Cinco De Mayo. Today is the day Mexico recognizes its independence from Spain, the country which ruled ...

Early on the morning of Sept. 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla summoned the largely Indian and mestizo congregation of his small Dolores parish church and urged them to ...

The Grito de Dolores is the July 4th of Mexico: the celebration of their fight for independence from their own colonial power, Spain. Its rallying cry is “Death to Bad Government,” the tone of ...

Dolores Hidalgo: Mexican Independence. Season 1 Episode 109 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. On September 16 each year, Mexicans from all parts of the Republic flock to the small city of ...

On Sept. 16, 1810, parish priest Miguel Hidalgo issued the Grito de Dolores, or Grito de Independencia (Cry of Independence), encouraging revolt against Spanish rule.

Shortly before dawn on September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made a monumentous decision that revolutionized the course of Mexican history. Within hours, Hidalgo, a Catholic priest in the ...

At 8:30 p.m. Mexican Consul Roberto Rodrigo Hernandez will lead the re-enactment of Father Hidalgo’s cry, known as the “Grito de Dolores,” or “Cry of Dolores,” by ringing a bell and ...

The cry of Dolores, the cry for freedom, By Owei Lakemfa ... Eventually, Hidalgo and some leaders of the liberation movement were captured and executed.

Commonly confused with Cinco de Mayo in the U.S., this holiday celebrates the moment when Father Hidalgo called for Mexico's independence from Spain in September 1810.

It is the dramatisation of the scene on September 15, 1810 when a priest, Miguel Hildago y Costilla in the poor town of Dolores, rang the parish bell to summon the town flock to mass.