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On May 5th, Americans across the country

will gather to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

Donning sombreros and dancing to mariachi

music, revelers will celebrate everything

Mexican, and enjoy a shot of tequila—or

three. The holiday has become ingrained in

the American calendar, and in 2005 Con-

gress passed a resolu'on calling on the

president to recognize the historical signifi-

cance of the holiday. Contrary to wide-

spread popular

belief, May 5th is

not actually Mexi-

can Independence

Day, and the holi-

day is primarily

celebrated in only

one of Mexico's

31 states. So, why

is Cinco de Mayo

more popular in

America than in

Mexico?

The real story of Cinco de Mayo weaves

together two concurrent wars—the French

interven'on in Mexico (also known as The

Maximillian Affair) and the American Civil

War. On May 5, 1862, defending Mexican

forces under Ignacio Zaragoza defeated

Napoleon III's French army at Puebla, one of

the most important Spanish colonial ci'es in

Mexico. At the 'me, the French army was

considered to be the most powerful figh'ng

force in the world, and the unlikely Mexican

victory resulted in a decree by then-

Mexican President Benito Juárez that a cele-

bra'on of the ba>le be held each year on

May 5th. Cinco de Mayo was born, but it

was about to be kidnapped.

As the French were making war with Mexi-

co, the American Confederacy was cour'ng

Napoleon's help in its conflict with the Unit-

ed States. At the 'me of the Ba>le of Pue-

bla, the Confederacy had strung together

impressive victories over the Union forces.

According to some historians, the French,

who made war with Mexico on the pretext

of collec'ng debt, planned to use Mexico as

a "base" from which they could

help the Confederacy defeat the

North, and the Mexican victory at

Puebla made the French pause

long enough for the Union army

to grow stronger and gain mo-

mentum. Had the French won at

Puebla, some contend, the out-

come of the American Civil War

could have been much different,

as the French and Confederates

together could have taken control

of the con'nent from the Mason Dixon line

to Guatemela, installing an oligarchical,

slave-holding government.

That didn't happen, of course. In the years

that followed, La'nos in California and the

U.S. Northwest celebrated Cinco de Mayo

with parades of people dressed in Civil War

uniforms, giving speeches about how the

Ba>le of Puebla fits into the larger narra've

of the struggle for aboli'on.

Since then, the holiday has been trans-

formed, specifically aEer a wave of Mexican

immigra'on into the United States follow-

ing the Mexican Civil War.

4 - 1494 - Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.

5 - 1862 - Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in remembrance of the Battle of Puebla.

5 - 1961 - Alan Shepard became the first Ameri-can in space.

17 - 1875 - The first Kentucky Derby horse race took place at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

21 - 1881 - The Ameri-can Red Cross was founded by Clara Bar-ton.

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Why is Cinco de Mayo More

Popular in America Than in Mexico? By: Brian Greene

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• This Month In History

• Why Is Cinco de Mayo More

Popular in America Than in

Mexico?

• Fear of Failure: Is it Limiting

You?

• Interesting Facts

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