Shortly before dawn on September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made a monumentous ... Although a movement toward Mexican independence had already been in progress since Napoleon's conquest of ...

Although the Mexican Revolution ended a half-century ... the fervent but inept tocsin-sounder of the Revolution of 1810.) To the old regime in Zapata's time, he was a bandit of a new Attila ...

16, 1810 — a call to action by priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla to fight for Mexico’s independence from Spain, according to the Library of Congress. This began the 11-year Mexican War of ...

Monday, September 16, is Mexican Independence Day, the anniversary of Mexico’s declaration ... because of the significance to our own community in California. In 1810, Alta California was still part ...