by AB-Joel on May 2nd, 2004

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What is Cinco de Mayo a celebration of?

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  • by Mary Siever on May 3rd, 2004

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    It is a commemoration of the victory of Mexicans over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla. However it many places of the United States it is also celebrated. For more information: http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm

    Many people think it is Mexican Independence day but it is not, that's reserved for 16 September.

    I first heard about it a little over 9 years ago when my husband and I were planning our wedding. We were married on Cinco de Mayo 1995, so I never forget it now!

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  • by Alatea on November 20th, 2005

    Alatea

    El Cinco de Mayo ("The Fifth of May" in Spanish) is a national celebration in Mexico. It commemorates the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza over the French expeditionary forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
    Under the pretext of forcing payment for Mexico's outstanding and crippling debt, Britain, Spain and France sent troops to Mexico. The democratically elected government of President Benito Juárez made agreements with the British and the Spanish, who promptly recalled their armies, but the French stayed, thus beginning the period of the French intervention in Mexico. Emperor Napoleon III wanted to secure French dominance in the former Spanish colony, including installing one of his relatives, Archduke Maximilian of Austria, as ruler of Mexico.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo

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  • by Perryman on May 5th, 2009

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    Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexico's defeat of French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

    Cinco de Mayo has actually become a bigger holiday in the United States than in Mexico, where it is mostly a regional holiday in Puebla.

    There are large Cinco de Mayo celebrations with parades, music, and food in Los Angeles, Denver, Portland, St. Paul, and other cities across the country.

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