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Miguel Hidalgo's Cry of Independence is repeated by the President of Mexico every year from the balcony of Mexico City's National Place, and he rings the original bell from Hidalgo's parish church.

September in Mexico: El Mes de la Patria 2009

Miguel Hidalgo's Cry of Independence is repeated by the President of Mexico every year from the balcony of Mexico City's National Place, and he rings the original bell from Hidalgo's parish church.

September in Mexico: El Mes de la Patria 2009

José María Mercado, a priest supporting Father Hidalgo's call for independence from Spain, attacks the Pacific coast port of San Blas, capturing it in a few hours.

Mexico this month - December 2009

José María Mercado, a priest supporting Father Hidalgo's call for independence from Spain, attacks the Pacific coast port of San Blas, capturing it in a few hours.

Mexico this month - December 2009

José María Mercado, a priest supporting Father Hidalgo's call for independence from Spain, attacks the Pacific coast port of San Blas, capturing it in a few hours.

Mexico this month - December 2009

So he decided that Hidalgo's Grito a century before founded Mexico.

Eric Lurio: Cinco de Mayo: Not Mexican independence Day! 2010

(View our comparison gallery with Hidalgo's markings here.)

Million-Dollar Men 2010

When the Independence War began with Father Hidalgo's famous grito, Guerrero was working as a gunsmith in his home town.

Vicente Guerrero: a study in triumph and tragedy (1782–1831) 2008

Hidalgo's school district is building four elementary schools and two middle schools and renovating a high school to keep up with the area's rapid population growth.

Mis-Counted 2010

Guadalupe Martinez, at left with her daugh ter, Estrella, outside of their home in near Mission, acted as a community volunteer for LUPE in its efforts to aid Hidalgo's Latino residents in the colonias.

Mis-Counted 2010