It commemorates Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla’s Grito de Dolores (“Cry of Dolores”), delivered in the early morning hours of Sept. 16, 1810, in the village of Dolores near Guanajuato.

Along the Texas border, elected officials ditch the Democrats to go red The latest defection, of a prominent county judge to the Republican Party, signals how much the region’s politics and ...

Banners bearing this striking image have accompanied crusading figures like Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810 during Mexico’s war for independence from Spain and Cesar Chavez in the 60s ...

Yesterday, Orquesta Northwest put on a concert at Town Hall Seattle, celebrating “El Grito” -- the day that father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called for Mexicans to rise and fight for freedom.

The event is rooted in the annual commemoration of “El Grito de Dolores,” the historic proclamation made by Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810, which ignited Mexico’s war for independence. The ...

NEW YORK (PIX11)—Mexican Independence Day is around the corner, and New York City is celebrating with a parade in Brooklyn on Sunday on the eve before September 16. Celebrations are held to pay ...

El dieciséis de septiembre marks the beginning of Mexico’s independence from Spain, the day Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla read the “El Grito de Dolores,” which commenced the Mexican War ...

These powerful words echo across the streets of Mexico every year on Sept. 16, just as they did when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla first rang the bell that signaled the beginning of Mexico’s ...

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 ...

Gail Borden Public Library is hosting traditional cultural performances, including El Grito, which was Father Miguel Hidalgo’s call for independence, at 6 p.m. on Friday.

El dieciséis de septiembre marks the beginning of Mexico’s independence from Spain, the day Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla read the “El Grito de Dolores,” which commenced the Mexican War ...

Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Creole Catholic priest based in the city of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, is considered the "Father of the Nation" due to his involvement in the 11-year war for ...