A celebration to honor El Grito will be held in Pilsen, after the popular Mexican Independence Day celebration was postponed last week due to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.

El Comité Cultural Mexicano de Chicago is moving forward with a new event, El Grito de Independencia de Mexico in spirit of the yearly El Grito festival held in Grant Park. It will be held 5 p.m. Monday — the evening before the beloved holiday — at St. Paul Catholic Church.

“Canceling is not an option,” said Teresa Fraga, president of El Comité Cultural Mexicano de Chicago. “We are committed to celebrating our history.”

While the El Grito de Independencia de Mexico event is in spirit of the two day festival, it is separate from the yearly El Grito festival, organizers said.

“It is unrelated to El

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