Declaration of Independence (Mexico)
The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is the document by which the Mexican Empire declared independence from the Spanish Empire. This founding document of the Mexican nation was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City on September 28, 1821, by Juan José Espinosa de los Monteros, secretary of the Provisional Governmental Board.
Original copy of the Declaration
Entry of the Trigarante Army to México City.
Entrance of the Trigarante Army by La Garita de Belén to Mexico City.
Mexico's declaration of Independence as an Empire drafted on September 28, 1821
The Cry of Dolores occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence. The Cry of Dolores is most commonly known by the locals as "El Grito de Independencia".
A statue of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in front of the church in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Close-up of balcony where the president of Mexico gives the annual 'Grito de Dolores' on Independence Day
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the National Palace balcony during the Grito Mexico City, 15 September 2023
Grito de Dolores, 16 September 1810
