On January 3, 1782; Pedro Martinez and Maria Amaro unknowingly birthed a hero. His given name was Juan Jose De Los Reyes Martinez Amaro, but he is more commonly known as El Pipila. He was born in San Miguel el Grande, Guanajuato. San Miguel el Grande is now known as San Miguel De Allende, located towards the eastern side of Guanajuato.

Pipila died July 25, 1863. After his heroic day he continued to work in the mines of Guanjuato. During his lengthy time in the mines he managed to ingest large of amounts of dust and harmful fumes (Buscador.com). In the end that would be the cause of his death. Juan Amaro lived a full life and died at the age of 81.

There were complications during his birth that caused him to walk in an awkward manner (Guanajuatomexicocity.com). …show more content…
On September 28, 1810 Miguel Hidalgo, a priest, reached the town of Guanajuato (Buscador.com). Here Hidalgo found Spaniards had locked themselves in granary along with many valuables including silver. This was a large and very fortified structure. The walls where made of stone and rose several feet. The structure had hardly any weakness. Hidalgo and his forces, which greatly outnumbered the Spaniards, stood outside the granary with whatever weapons they could acquire. It was then that Pipila took action and became the hero we know today. When he worked the mines he would strap a stone to his back to protect him from falling debris (Chester Mexonline.com). As the Spaniards waited in Alhondiga de Granaditas for backup, Pipila tied a large flat stone to his back to protect him from the Spanish soldiers attack. In one hand he held a torch and in the other he carried tar. With this he made his way to what may have been this fortresses’ only weakness; the wooden door (Guanajuatomexicocity.com). He crawled his way to the door on all fours and set the door on fire. As the door burned down Hidalgo, Allende and their men made their way in. They managed to overpower and kill all the Spanish soldiers and their