Countryside surrounding Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico

A green rolling hillside is dotted with trees and patches of brown. Jagged mountains rise in the background.This photo was taken outside of the town of Dolores Hidalgo. The town was made famous because of the efforts of Miguel Hidalgo, one of the heroes of Mexico's War of Independence. Hidalgo was a parish priest who called his Indian parishioners to revolt on September 16, 1810 (currently Mexico's Independence Day). Hidalgo was unsuccessful, but by 1824 the movement he started would eventually result in an independent Mexico.

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