Feliz Cinco de Mayo!
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toeknee4bz
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I was curious today, as I've forgotten a lot of stuff I learned years ago... and I actually looked up "Cinco de Mayo". Turns out that it's not really the celebration of Mexican independence, as widely thought.
From wikipedia: 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 GeneralIgnacio Zaragoza Seguín.[3][9] In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken to be Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo
From wikipedia: 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 GeneralIgnacio Zaragoza Seguín.[3][9] In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken to be Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo
Charles H.
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Hearing the Tijuana Brass is enough cause for celebration. Bravo!
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