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Page 1: Cinco de Mayo A misunderstood holiday. What is Cinco de Mayo?

Cinco de Mayo

A misunderstood holiday

Page 3: 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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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Cinco de Mayo is NOT:

• Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day.

• Mexican Independence Day is September 16.

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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/

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Cinco de Mayo Images

http://blog.oregonlive.com/photos/2008/05/cinco_de_mayo.html

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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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