Hidalgo Day in Mexico
Hidalgo Day in Mexico is held on May 8. Celebrated on the birthday of Mexican national hero Miguel Hidalgo. This event in the first decade of the month May is annual. 
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Hidalgo is best remembered for his speech, the “Grito de Dolores” (“Cry of Dolores”), which called for the end of Spanish colonial rule in Mexico. Today, Hidalgo is celebrated as “the father of Mexican independence.” Named for the revolutionary leader Miguel Hidalgo, the state is fiercely independent: The Mexican Revolution lasted longer in this state than in any other.
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