Bust Miguel Hidalgo Nogales Sonora Mexico 1968-2008 #1
by David Lee Guss
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Bust Miguel Hidalgo Nogales Sonora Mexico 1968-2008 #1
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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"Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo-Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villase or (May 1753 - July 1811), more commonly known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Jesuit-trained, Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.
As a priest, Hidalgo served in a church in Dolores, Mexico. After his arrival, he was shocked by the poverty he found. He tried to help the poor by showing them how to grow olives and grapes, but in Mexico, growing these crops was discouraged or prohibited by the authorities due to Spanish imports of the items. In 1810 he gave the famous speech, 'The Cry of Dolores', calling upon the people to protect the interest of their King Fernando VII (held captive by Napoleon) by revolting against the European-born Spaniards who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy.
He marched across Mexico and gathered an army of nearly 90,000 poor farmers and Mexican civilians who attacked and killed both Peninsular and New World-born Spanish elites. Hidalgo's troops lacked training and were poorly armed. These troops ran into a clan of 6,000 well trained and armed Spanish troops and most fled or were killed. Hidalgo was executed by a firing squad on 30 July 1811 at Chihuahua, Chihuahua."
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