Grito de Dolores, Definition & Facts

Grito de Dolores, battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence, first uttered by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, parish priest of Dolores, on September 16, 1810. Every year the Mexican president shouts a version of ‘el Grito’ from the balcony of the National Palace on September 15, the eve of Mexican Independence Day.

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