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Juan O'Gorman: Retablo de la independencia
Juan O'Gorman: Retablo de la independencia Mural by Juan O'Gorman depicting the Grito de Dolores, detail of Retablo de la independencia (1960–61); in the National History Museum, Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City.

Grito de Dolores

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English:
“Cry of Dolores”

Grito de Dolores, battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain, first uttered by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, parish priest of Dolores (now Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato state), on September 16, 1810. Hidalgo was involved in a plot against the Spanish colonial government, and, when the plot was betrayed, he decided to act immediately. After arming the people, he addressed them from the pulpit, encouraging them to revolt. The exact text of this most famous of all Mexican speeches is not known, and a wide variety of “reconstructed” versions have been published, but he may have said, in essence, ...(100 of 219 words)

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