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    JTJAREZ - ITEM 15 DISSOLVE TO DOLORES DEL RIO AT THE DOOR OP THE CHURCH AND DOLLY INTO MS OF HER. led the revolt against the Spanish, was a priest. He is the people ls George Washington. But they also call Benito Juarez their George Washington. This is an expansive country, they have two of them, Hidalgo believed the Indians should be freed. His banner is stamped with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Mexican holidays and feasts are fundamentally Of a reli- gious nature. When a town has a fair - as this one in the Plaza - the time and date and spirit of the fair is time to coincide with the feast of the patron saint of the town. DOLORES DEL RIO:; Yes, Mexico is people - people with faith*. Once upon a time., three centuries ago, there lived a young Indian. At every dawn in his life he climbed a hill to Santiago Tlaltelolco to hear the Mass. And upon the hill, he be- held a wonder, a miracle before