The new route of the parade that will take place on Sunday, January 21, will leave the Aurora neighborhood, passing through the Municipal Palace to continue its route through Zacateros, Ancha de San Antonio and culminate in El Cardo.
San Miguel de Allende.- This year, in the city of San Miguel de Allende, the 225th anniversary of the birth of Don Ignacio Allende y Unzaga will be celebrated.The city of San Miguel, considered a World Cultural Heritage Site, will celebrate with festivities that will fill the days and nights with colors and fun.
The Municipal Government, through the Directorate of Culture and Traditions, presented the program of civic and cultural events in honor of the birthday of the greatest hero of Independence. There will be many activities, but the most important is the traditional Great Military and Civic Parade.
The new route of the parade that will take place on Sunday, January 21, will leave the Aurora neighborhood, passing through the Municipal Palace to continue its route through Zacateros, Ancha de San Antonio and culminate in El Cardo.
The event will begin at 10:30 in the morning and public and private educational institutions, civil associations, rural communities and Public Security agents (Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana SSC), as well as members of the Mexican Army will be participating.
In the Main Garden, there will be a series of cultural presentations (music bands, folkloric ballet, and Mariachis), on Friday, January 19th, at 7 pm. On Saturday, January 20, the unique Torch Parade will take place, at 8:00 p.m., which relives the moment in which Ignacio Allende calls the people of San Miguel to arms to fight for a Free Mexico.
On Sunday, January 21, the birthday of the eponymous hero of this city, a mass will be offered in the iconic parish of San Miguel Arcángel at 8 in the morning, followed by a Civic Commemorative Event in the Civic Plaza, known as the Plaza del Caballo which guards the statue of Allende and Unzaga, and later the Great Military and Civic Parade along the aforementioned route.
This series of celebrations will close with a fireworks show in the evening.
Honoring the memory of the greatest hero of our Free Mexico, the Government of San Miguel praises the legacy of this historic character who marked San Miguel de Allende as an example of brave men who have made Mexico better every day.
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