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green, white, and red.
Festivities on the Independence of Mexico traditionally begin on September 15th. Cities and towns across Mexico unite to remember the struggles for independence from the Spanish Empire. Just like in Mexico, the Mexican Diaspora across the world gathers at community centers, consulates, and embassies to celebrate El Grito, the cry for independence. It is an opportunity to celebrate cultural traditions and to observe a moment of silence to remember our independence heroes and their sacrifice. The El Grito de Delores is recited recalling the words Fr. Miguel Hidalgo uttered that night that define the struggle for independence.
El Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores) was the call to independence at the Church of Dolores in the small town of Dolores in Guanajuato, Mexico (official name of the town: Dolores Hidalgo Cradle of National Independence). The city of Dolores was a small town where Father Miguel Hidalgo uttered the famous cry for independence in the early hours of September 16, 1810. Miguel Hidalgo, the father of Mexican independence, was a Mexican Jesuit priest and one of the leaders of the War of Independence.
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