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Hundreds attend Las Vegas’ celebration of Mexican holiday
LAS VEGAS – Visitors came from as far away as Mexico City to experience a Mexican Independence Day celebration in Las Vegas.
More than 300 people showed up for Thursday’s 90-minute “Grito de Dolores” event, which featured Mariachi artists, trumpeters and violinists at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace.
A woman in a homemade Mexican-flag-themed vest told the Las Vegas Sun (http://bit.ly/2cd8gXA ) that she, her husband and two friends have celebrated the holiday in Las Vegas for the last five years. The woman, 40-year-old Jessica Gamez, says they travel from Monterrey, Mexico, for the festivities.
Mexico’s Independence Day is celebrated on September 16. On that date in 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla led a rebellion against the imperialists from Spain in the small city of Dolores.
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