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 ...

What does Mexican Independence Day celebrate? The annual holiday celebrates the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence, which ended Spanish rule in Mexico. On Sept. 16, 1810, Priest Miguel ...

Although a movement toward Mexican independence had already been in progress since Napoleon's conquest of Spain, Hidalgo's passionate declaration was a swift, unpremeditated decision. "Mexicanos, Viva ...

Cinco de Mayo, which translates to the 5th of May, has become associated with tacos and margaritas, but the holiday is about ...

The annual celebration marks the anniversary of Mexico's victory over the French Empire in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War ... confused with Independence Day in ...

POLDARK MINE. Immediately after the Mexican War of Independence in 1824, Cornish miners were recruited to reopen the famous silver and gold mines of Real del Monte. Emigrants married locals so ...