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Cinco de Mayo
A misunderstood holiday
What is Cinco de Mayo?
Cinco de Mayo
• Cinco de Mayo actually commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
• Yet Cinco de Mayo is celebrated only sporadically in Mexico, mainly in the southern town of Puebla and a few larger cities.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100505-cinco-de-mayo-history/
Cinco de Mayo History: Battle of Puebla
• In 1862 a Mexican militia led by General Ignacio Zaragoza defeated far better equipped French expeditionary forces on Cinco de Mayo.
• Emperor Napoleon III had sent French troops to Mexico to secure dominance over the former Spanish colony and install one of his relatives, Archduke Maximilian of Austria, as its ruler.
• Zaragoza won the battle, but the Mexicans ultimately lost the war. Maximilian became Mexico's emperor for three years before the country reclaimed its independence.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100505-cinco-de-mayo-history/
Cinco de Mayo: From Brotherly Love to Chicano Power
• Cinco de Mayo gained its first popularity in the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s, partly because of an outpouring of brotherly love.
• The holiday's popularity really grew in the 1960s, when Mexican-American, or Chicano, activists embraced the holiday as a way to build pride among Mexican Americans.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100505-cinco-de-mayo-history/
Cinco de Mayo: From Culture to Commercialism
• In the 1980’s Cinco de Mayo was heavily commercialized.
• Alcoholic Beverage companies promoted their beverages and exploited the day as an excuse to sell their products.
• There has been a movement to try to return the holiday back to it’s cultural roots.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100505-cinco-de-mayo-history/
Cinco de Mayo is NOT:
• Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day.
• Mexican Independence Day is September 16.
Cinco de Mayo
• Is celebrated more in the United States by Mexican-Americans than it is celebrated in Mexico by Mexicans. (Except for the area of Puebla in Mexico.)
• It is a day to celebrate Mexican-American culture and heritage.
• Commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100505-cinco-de-mayo-history/
Cinco de Mayo Images
http://blog.oregonlive.com/photos/2008/05/cinco_de_mayo.html
More Information on Cinco De Mayo
• Cinco de Mayo, From Mexican Fiesta to Popular U.S. Holiday
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/0505_060505_cinco_de_mayo.html
• Celebrate Cinco de Mayo by Deborah Heiligman
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References
• National Geographichttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100505-cinco-de-mayo-history/• Image:
http://today24news.com/lifestyle/mexican-independence-day-2010-el-grito-de-independencia-de-mexico-164295
• OregonLive.com
http://blog.oregonlive.com/photos/2008/05/cinco_de_mayo.html
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