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Viva September 16
September 16 is Mexican Independence Day. The day has little significance for most Denverites. There was a celebration last Sunday at Civic Center Park, but that was just about it. A low key holiday compared with Cinco de Mayo when there is a huge celebration at Civic Center Park and cruising over several nights on Federal Boulevard. In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is hardly celebrated but Diez y Seis de Septiembre (Independence Day) is celebrated like the Fourth of July.
Around midnight on the night of September 15 - 16, 1810, Father Miquel Hidalgo gathered the faithful in the village of Dolores and gave a stirring speech known as El Grito and started a rebellion against Spanish rule that culminated with Mexican independence eleven years later. Father Hidalgo was executed by the Spanish within a year of his El Grito speech.
What did he say to start off this chain of events?
No one knows for sure, but it is commonly believed that he included:
¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! ¡Viva Fernando VII! ¡Abajo el mal gobierno!
Or en ingles:
Long live Our Lady of Guadalupe! Long live King Ferdinand VII! Down with bad government!
A twenty-first century American could paraphrase El Grito to shout:
Long live the First Amendment and our religious liberties! Long live the Constitution! Long live government of the people, by the people and for the people!
Expressions of liberty to be celebrated on both sides of the border.
Next year will be the bicentennial of El Grito. Worthy of a great celebration in Denver and more worthwhile than cruising Federal Boulevard night after night in May.
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