An important event in the history of Mexican independence took place in Acámbaro. Don Miguel Hidalgo stayed there on October 22, 1810, and brought a ceremony that declared Acámbaro military quarters for the "Ejército Grande de América" (Grand Army of America). Hidalgo was given the title of "Generalísimo de las Américas" (Grand General of the Americas). That same day, a parade of eighty thousand insurgents took place, that demonstrated the speed of growth of the movement: one month prior on September 16 just 800 men responded to the "Grito de Dolores" and raised arms against the Spanish in Dolores Hidalgo.