Article: aeMexicanos, viva Mexico!AE.(Neighbor)

The Des Plaines Park District and The Mexican Civic Society of Illinois present the 12th annual Festival! A Celebration of Mexican Independence Day Saturday, Sept. 12, at Lake Park Memorial Pavilion in Des Plaines.

Festival! is celebrated in commemoration of MexicoAEs first proclamation of Independence from Spain in 1810. With the famous "El Grito de Dolores" Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest in Dolores led a small group to fight for the recovery of their land stolen from their Spanish forefathers.

Festival! is from 1-6 p.m., with a welcome by Armondo Perez Y Martinez and an introduction to the dayAEs events by Tony Garcia. Free entertainment ...

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