Hundreds gather for Fiestas Patrias Parade

Gloria Gonzalez arrived in downtown Houston early Saturday to watch her first-ever Fiestas Patrias Parade, the 50th annual one thrown in Houston to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. “It’s something you teach your family members,” she said. “Just like how the U.S. fought for independence here, we also fought for freedom too.” Sept. 16, 1810 is the day Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest and leader of the Mexican War of Independence, called for Mexic