Do you know what Cinco de Mayo is actually about?

[dixiegrrrrl]

If not, a nice short explanation can be found here , by one of Juanita Jean's folks:

Cinco de Mayo actually celebrates Mexico winning the battle of Puebla in the 1860s over the French Army, which had not lost a battle since Napoleon. Unfortunately, they lost the war, so not many people in Mexico actually celebrate it.

http://juanitajean.com/feliz-cinco-de-mayo/

[panader0]

1. It's my ex-wife's birthday. She was Hispanic.

Nasty temper but a great cook.

[Xyzse]

4. Same birthday as mine...

I believe I have been able to keep my temper in check.

My sister, also a Taurean has a crazy nasty temper.

[phylny]

8. Happy mutual birthday to...a fellow Taurean? n/t

[Xyzse]

14. Thank you.

If you're 5th of May too, then yes of course.

Happy Birthday!

[kwassa]

18. My birthday, too! Cinco de Mayo! Where are the margaritas?

[Xyzse]

19. Oh, and you're in MD too?

Party time?

I am going to a sword class in VA at 7, then heading to Baltimore at around 9.

[GreatGazoo]

2. I believe we are supposed to eat a fifth of mayonnaise to celebrate

[FSogol]

3. And here's how it all ended for Emperor Maximillian. Not as beloved by the Mexican people as he

believed.

[virtualobserver]

5. my great grandfather was a french soldier in Mexico who crossed over into Texas.....

He did not fight for the confederacy, but he got there in time to be on the losing end of a war.

[phylny]

6. ¡Es mi cumpleaños! n/t

[Press Virginia]

7. Drinking beer

[Jennylynn]

11. ^This^

And my daughters bday.

I got a Sombrero on top of my sandwich for lunch in the hospital!!! LOL

[oldandhappy]

9. Thanks. Copied to put on my FB.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. The guy who wrote that often fills in for Juanita Jean

and I see he is writing this week, has good info on history.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

10. Tacos.

[Coventina]

12. "I don't know much about Cinco de Mayo.....I'm never sure, what it's all about....."

Sorry, I was channeling Cake there for a minute......

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[ieoeja]

13. It was an important victory for the United States.

The Battle of Puebla ensured the Mexican-French war would not be an easy victory for the French. Their original plan was to link up with Confederate forces in the United States after what they assumed would be a quick win in Mexico.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. Now that I have been living in SW Alabama for many years

I am amazed at how very old places are along the Gulf Coast/Lower South, thanks to Spain and France fighting over territory here.
so lots of French influence, and some spanish, esp. St. Augustine and the coast of Fla.

[Katashi_itto]

17. That was cool, I had no idea.