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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The cry of Dolores, the cry for freedom, By Owei Lakemfa ... Miguel Hildago y Costilla, in the poor town of Dolores, rang the parish bell to summon the town flock to mass.

More than 200 years ago, a Catholic priest in the small town of Dolores, Mexico, rang the bells of his church and called on his fellow countrymen to take up arms against the ruling Spanish crown ...

Mexican Independence Day celebrations were held in Salinas over the weekend. On Sunday, the El Grito Festival took place on Alisal Street. El Grito, otherwise known as "The Cry of Dolores ...

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.