Cinco de Mayo!!

Well, I don't know about you guys, but this makes me SO FREAKING EXCITED! yayyayyay! c: tehe. I love Spanish-related holidays! For those of you actually reading this (which hopefully after my status on facebook last night, I might get a bit more traffic here...we shall see) that don't know what Cinco de Mayo is, it is today, the 5th of May, and I have taken the liberty of putting it in simple terms for y'all from the following website: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Holidays/Cinco/

WHAT IS CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION ABOUT ?

Cinco de Mayo is not an American Holiday but it is celebrated on a much larger scale by Chicanos in the U.S. than in Mexico. In Mexico, the celebration of Independence Day is considered more important. Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of the courage of the Mexican people during the battle (La Batalla de Puebla) on May 5th, 1862 where 4,500 Mexican soldiers defeated the Mexican traitors (exiled Mexican Convervatives) and French army of 6,500 at Puebla, Mexico . Puebla is 100 miles east of Mexico City. The Mexican forces were made up of untrained commoners. This victory did not win the war but it showed the courage and strength of the Mexican troops. The "Batalla de Puebla" became a symbol of Mexican unity and patriotism.


For those of you not understanding the term Chicanos, they are basically Mexican-Americans. Some of you may not know about this, but California and more of the west, even including Texas (in Spanish Tejas) use to not be part of the United States, and once it did become a part of the States, there were still some natives there, and they have been called Chicanos henceforth. mkay thnxbye.
~erin