Mexican Independence Day Celebrations Bring Car Caravans, Fireworks To Downtown

If you are traveling by car over the weekend, plan accordingly in preparation for the car caravans in celebration of the holiday.

Colin Boyle

10:00 AM CDT on Sep 16, 2022

Revelers celebrate Mexican Independence Day with a car caravan around Chicago’s Downtown on Sept. 15, 2022.

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LOOP — Honking horns and cheers for Mexico echoed throughout Downtown late Thursday night as hundreds flocked in celebration of Mexican Independence Day.

The holiday, commemorated Friday, is in recognition of the country’s independence from Spain after an 11-year war that ended in 1821.

DuSable Lake Shore Drive was packed with cars full of flag-waving revelers Thursday night, and salt trucks blocked off the entrances to some streets in hopes of quelling the celebrations.

Fireworks were set off Downtown throughout the night.

If you are traveling by car this weekend, plan accordingly, as the impromptu parades tend to last for hours.

Check out more photos of the celebrations:

Revelers celebrate Mexican Independence Day with a car caravan around Downtown on Sept. 15, 2022.

If there’s one thing that’s certain its that chicago is going to show up for mexican independence day every time 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/sdCUOdE0au
— Nomar Ceballos (@ohmaar_) September 16, 2022

Fireworks can be seen over Millennium Park from the lake as revelers celebrate Mexican Independence Day with a car caravan around Chicago’s Downtown on Sept. 15, 2022.

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