10 NEED-TO-KNOW FACTS ABOUT MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY

1. MEXICO WAS SEEKING INDEPENDENCE AFTER BEING ENSLAVED FOR 300 YEARS

2. INDEPENDENCE DAY IS SEPTEMBER 16TH, NOT MAY 5TH

3. IT IS A 2-DAY CELEBRATION

4. THE MAN WHO LED THE MEXICAN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE WAS A PRIEST

5. OCTOBER 2ND WAS THE ORIGINAL DATE OF THE REVOLT

6. FATHER HIDALGO WAS CAPTURED AND KILLED IN 1811

7. MEXICO GOT THEIR INDEPENDENCE IN 1821

8. THE “CRY OF INDEPENDENCE” IS REENACTED EACH YEAR BY THE CURRENT MEXICAN PRESIDENT

9. MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IS CELEBRATED AROUND THE WORLD

10. THE RED, WHITE AND GREEN OF THE FLAG HAS SYMBOLIC MEANING

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