User blog:ARTaylor/Cry of Dolores 2018

Today is the Cry of Dolores celebrating the independence of Mexico from Spain. It was on this date in 1810 that Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his church in Dolores in the state of Guanajuato giving the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence. The day is usually celebrated with the President of Mexico re-enacting the ringing of the bell with the very bell Hidalgo used.