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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 ...

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 ...

Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla . Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is considered the father of Mexican independence. ... Hidalgo rallied the townspeople to fight back the night of Sept. 15.

Miguel Hidalgo, a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence and recognized as the Father of the Nation. Public Domain . ... Miguel Hidalgo, a future founding father, ...

Carlos Chavez, portraying Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, rang a yellow bell Saturday before launching into an impassioned speech known as “El Grito de Dolores,” the symbolic beginning of ...

For Mexico, Mexicans and Mexican Americans, September 16th (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) is like the Fourth of July for the United States! On this date in 1810, a priest named Father Miguel Hidalgo C… ...