VivaFernando.com for sale

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Viva Fernando .com Starting bid: $49 Over and sold at 12 NOON Friday October 31 2008 Thanks, Scott
Statue of Miguel Hidalgo in front of church, Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
The Grito de Dolores ("Proclamation of Dolores") was the call for insurrection against the authorities of Mexico given by Miguel Hidalgo on September 16, 1810, in the town of Dolores, near Guanajuato. The government of the Empire, shattered by Napoleon's invasion of Spain, was succeeded by "juntas" in both Spain and the Americas in order to replace the authority of the king, Fernando VII, held hostage by Napoleon in Bayonne, France.
Father Hidalgo ordered the church bell to be rung to gather his congregation, then called for insurrection and ended by supposedly calling out, ¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! ¡Viva Fernando ¡Abajo el mal gobierno! (Long live Our Lady of Guadalupe! Long live Fernando VII! Down with the bad government!). Shortly after this speech, Hidalgo gathered an army...