Until then, I’d grown up like all of my Mexican cousins, speaking strictly Spanish, celebrating el quince (the night before Mexican Independence Day rather than the Fourth of July), and ...

EAST CHICAGO — The vibrant colors, festive music and rich culture of the Mexican community were ... of the city’s annual Mexican Independence Day parade. The celebration included a festival ...

The holiday also happens to coincide directly with Catholic holidays All Saint's Day and All Soul’s Day. “I feel like this Mexican tradition ... shaped by the ideas, beliefs and motifs ...