September 15 – Grito de Dolores, The Cry of Dolares

Mexico’s War of Independence officially began on September 15, 1810, when the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang a bell and cried out to the townspeople to take up arms and rise up against the Spanish Crown, an event which is known as el grito de Dolores (the cry of Dolores), named after the town in Guanajuato where it took place. In the early hours of September 16, 1810, father Hidalgo, accompanied by several conspirators – Ignacio Allende, Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez- rang the bell of his little church, calling everyone to fight.
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Civic Holiday: Observed nationwide, but employees are not entitled to a day off with pay.

More about Grito de Dolores, The Cry of Dolares here.
www.eventsloscabos.com/2013/12/grito-de-dolores-the-cry-of-dolares/