Article: CAR SHOW, MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY FIESTA AT PANCHO VILLA STATE PARK SEPT. 16

The New Mexico Department of Tourism issued the following news release:

Pancho Villa State Park will host a "Classic and Custom Car Show" as part of its first Mexican Independence Day Fiesta, Saturday, September 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visitors can listen to Columbus village trustee, Roberto Gutierrez, recount the historic events of 1810, when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castillo led Mexico's fledgling struggle for independence from Spain.

On September 16, 1810, Father Hidalgo called on his community to fight for independence from Spain. Following the 11-year Mexican War of Independence, Mexico was finally liberated from Spanish rule in 1821. Mexicans recognize and celebrate independence from ...

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