What is 16 de septiembre?

16 de septiembre (or “16 of September”) is Mexican Independence Day.

It commemorates Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla’s “Grito de Dolores” (“Cry of Dolores”) speech on the night of September 15, 1810.

This speech was a call to arms that moved the Mexican people to fight an 11-year war that eventually resulted in their independence from Spain.

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