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Mexicans celebrate 202nd Independence Day

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Published: Sept. 16, 2012 at 8:00 PM

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Mexicans celebrated their country's 202 years of independence Sunday with President Felipe Calderon calling on them to join together to transform their nation.

"Mexico needs all of us," the Mexican news agency Notimex quoted Calderon as saying in a post on his Twitter account.

The day also was an opportunity for Mexico's military to parade.

"May the strength of feeling and the legacy of our founding fathers always inspire us to be better and give [our] all for Mexico," the president said in another post on the social media service following an elaborate military, federal police and civilian parade outside the National Palace in Mexico City.

The Organizacion Editorial Mexicana news service said thousands of people attended the parade with no incidents reported.

Topics: Felipe Calderon
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