The popular but unconventional priest Miguel Hidalgo issued the call in 1810 from the steps of the town’s stately church. We are offered a special tour by one of Father Hidalgo’s descendants.

How did it all start? With Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a priest in the tiny provincial town of Dolores, Guanajuato. In the early-morning hours of Sept. 16, 1810, he rang the bells of his ...

it extended from the Grito de Dolores by Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla on September 16, 1810, to the entrance of the Army of the Three Guarantees led by Agustín de Iturbide to Mexico City on ...

The “El Grito” celebration pays homage to the rallying cry for independence made by Father Miguel Hidalgo in 1810. It was a call to the Mexican people to rise up against the Spaniards after 3 ...

Mexico’s independence day actually marks the moment in 1810 when Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest known as Father Hidalgo, made the first cry for independence. After a moving speech ...

and traditional Mexican live entertainment "El Grito" ceremony--which pays homage to the rallying cry for independence made by Father Miguel Hidalgo in 1810-- will be conducted at 7:30 PM More ...

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is considered the father of Mexican independence ... After several members were arrested by Spaniards in September of 1810, Hidalgo rallied the townspeople to fight ...

the day Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla read the “El Grito de Dolores,” which commenced the Mexican War of Independence in 1810. In Austin, the day celebrates the cultural heritage of ...

“El Grito” refers to El Grito de Dolores, “the cry” that Father Miguel Hidalgo delivered to his parish on Sept. 16, 1810 in the small town of Dolores, located in central Mexico. The cry ...

Carlos Chavez, portraying Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ... The reenactment of that famous event on Sept. 16, 1810, coincided with Mexican Independence Day events that started over the weekend ...

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is considered the father of Mexican independence ... After several members were arrested by Spaniards in September 1810, Hidalgo rallied the townspeople to fight back ...