Re: Happy Cinco de Mayo...it's a Texas thing
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Originally Posted by GrouchoM
Cinco de Mayo (pronounced: [ˈsiŋko đe ˈmaʝo]; Spanish for "May 5th", or literally, "Fifth of May") is a celebration held onMay 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at theBattle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza. 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.
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Definitely NOT a Texas "thing"
Have you ever been to Southern California?
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