Mexican Independence Day 2010, September 16

Category America | Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Today is September 16, 2010 and it’s 200th anniversary of Mexican Independence Day or in Spanish “Bicentenario Mexico”. Happy El Grito de Independencia de Mexico to all Mexicans!

Mexican Independence Day’s history dates back in September 16, 1810 when it was declared by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest of progressive ideas in the small town of Dolores with a proclamation known as the “Grito de Dolores”.

The Grito de Dolores or “Cry of Dolores” is a battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish colonial government. About 200 years ago, just before the midnight of September 15, 1810, Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung and gathered his congregation. Flanked by Ignacio Allende, the captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico and Juan Aldama, a Mexican revolutionary rebel soldier, he addressed the Mexicans in front of his church, encouraging them to revolt saying:

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