![]() ![]() ![]() However, fearing arrest, Hidalgo told his brother Mauricio to make the sheriff free the pro-independence inmates there. Hidalgo remained in Dolores, waiting for Gutiérrez de Lara to return with military support. for military support (being the first Mexican to do so). Gutiérrez de Lara went to Washington, D.C. The independence movement began to take shape when José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara went to the small town of Dolores (now known as Dolores Hidalgo) and asked the local Roman Catholic priest, Miguel Hidalgo, to help initiate an effort to free New Spain from Spanish control. In the 1810s, what would become Mexico was still New Spain, part of the Spanish crown. Historical event Close-up of balcony where the president of Mexico gives the annual 'Grito de Dolores' on Independence Day Image extracted from the book by Vicente Riva Palacio, Julio Zárate (1880) "México a través de los siglos" Tomo III: "La Guerra de Independencia" (1808–1821). During the patriotic speech, the president calls out the names of the fallen heroes who died during the War of Independence and he ends the speech by shouting "Viva Mexico!" three times followed by the Mexican National Anthem. The Cry of Dolores is most commonly known by the locals as "El Grito de Independencia" (The Independence Cry).Įvery year on the eve of Independence Day, the President of Mexico re-enacts the cry from the balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City, while ringing the same bell Hidalgo used in 1810. The Cry of Dolores (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence. A statue of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in front of the church in Dolores Hidalgo, GuanajuatoĬommemorates the start of the Mexican War of Independence, by repeating the words of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the early morning of 16 September 1810 ![]()
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