The four women sat in camping chairs on 19th Street sipping mix-made mojitos. One was knitting, another talked on her cellphone. Amalia Alejo sang in Spanish and Ana Flores held onto her small white ...

Immigration advocates say the holiday brings complicated emotions this year more than ever. Immigrants want to celebrate the ...

Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a ...

On the eve of the Fourth of July holiday, 28 people from 19 countries sat on stage of the Wolf Lake Pavilion in Hammond.

Keep your kids entertained with fun Fourth of July essentials like glow-in-the-dark bracelets, bubbles and light-up necklaces ...

Zertuche also organizes the East Moline Mexican Independence Day Fiesta and Parade, set for noon to 9:30 p.m. this Sunday, Sept. 15, at Runner’s Park, 742 15th Ave., East Moline.

Close to 1,000 people throughout the course of the seven-hour event attended a Mexican Independence Day block party held for the third year in Goleta but first time at the Goleta Community Center.

Mexico's Independence Day celebrations might be over, but this Monday still brought people in for a good lunch deal at Thirtyfour Mexican Cantina on O Street in Downtown Sacramento.

Mexico gained independence on Sept. 16, 1810. It was the day when priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla urged Mexicans to fight against the colonial government of Spain.

On the eve of Mexican Independence Day, the republic's president recites a similar version of Hidalgo’s “el Grito” while ringing a bell on the balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City.

Sebastian Landeros, 9, of Hammond rides Thunder, a Shetland pony, in the Mexican Independence Day parade Sunday in East Chicago. The holiday celebrates Mexico gaining its independence from Spanish ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is hosting Fiesta De La Familia on Sunday to celebrate Mexican Independence Day ahead of Monday.