CINCO de MAYO

Before this year I can not rember hearing the phrase  "Cinco de Mayo" . For the past week it has been bantered about on the chatter which accompanies the staged "interplay' between TV news hour hosts. It has also been referenced in some "comic"strips.

Curiosity must be satisfied so on to Wikepidia:


Not to be confused with Mexican Independence Day, which occurs on September 16.

Cinco de Mayo
Battle of Puebla
Observed by	Mexicans, US Americans, mixed nationality
Type	Multinational
Date	May 5, 1862
Observances	Celebration in Mexico, the United States of Mexican-American culture and experiences. Food, music, folkloric dancing

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a celebration held on May 5. It is celebrated in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla  where the holiday is called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla). It originated with Mexican-American communities in the American West as a way to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American Civil War, and today the date is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. In the state of Puebla, the date is observed to commemorate the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16.

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