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[[Image:HID.png|thumb|The Grito de Dolores]]
On September 16, 1810 '''The Grito de Dolores''' was the call for insurrection against the authorities of [[Spain]] given by [[Miguel Hidalgo]], in the town of Dolores, near [[Guanajuato]]. He started the demand for full independence of [[Mexico]] from Spain.
''Every year at midnight on September 15, Mexicans led by the president of Mexico shout the Grito, honoring the crucial and impulsive action that was the catalyst for the country's bloody struggle for independence from Spain.'' [http://www.mexonline.com/mexican-independence.htm Mexican Independence]
This night ''the President of the Republic goes out onto the central balcony of the National Palace (Palacio Nacional), rings the bell (the same bell Hidalgo rang in 1810) and shouts to the people gathered in the square below: Viva Mexico! The crowd responds: Viva! Fireworks light up the sky as the crowd cheers.'' [http://gomexico.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/p/independence.htm Independence Day in Mexico]
Hidalgo is revered as the father of Mexican independence. Mexico achieve its independence until 1821.
[[Image:Sep 16.jpg|El Grito, September 16, 2007]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038161/Grito-de-Dolores Cry of Dolores] Encyclopædia Britannica.
[[Category:Mexico]]