Cinco de Mayo to our Hispanic friends.
Cinco de Mayo to our Hispanic friends.
Last edited by Jim Franklin; May 5th, 2012 at 09:33 PM.
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Thank you. I don't know what the Cinco de Mayo stands for, but in the Netherlands, it is Liberation Day, since on that day in 1945, the Nazi occupation force in the Netherlands capitulated.
The 4th of May is Memorial Day, we feel these days should be closely linked.
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Hans, the above stands for Felicitation for May 5th to our Nexican neighbors as May 5 for them is similar to July 4th for USians. Or Happy Independence Day. There are many celebrations where there is a cluster of Mixican immigrants or their following generations.
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Actually Mexican Independence Day is, I believe, Sept. 6 (or is it 16), when Mexico declared its independence from Spain. May 5 marks the anniversary of the battle of Puebla when Mexican troops defeated French troops who were attempting to take over the Mexican government for the Emperor Maxmilian.
Just to absolutely set the record straight, the anniversary DOES NOT mark the fictitious date on which a ship loaded with salad dressing sank in VeraCruz harbor. That is another 'sinko de mayo' entirely.
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Thanks, John. I sit here corrected.
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When I lived in San Antonio I asked several of the locals why they celebrated Fiesta Week, they told me that it was in honor of Cinco de Mayo which they said was the date of Mexican independence. My response was one of confusion since Fiesta is the last week of April and it would make more sense to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in May. I also said it didn't make sense that the city that prides itself on having fought the Battle of the Alamo to gain independence from Mexico would celebrate Mexican independence, so I asked when the city celebrated Texas independence, the answer was a confused shrug (they were both Anglo and Latino natives of San Antonio).Originally Posted by John Kennedy
As it turned out Fiesta Week commemorates the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto and is held at the end of April to commemorate Santa Ana's defeat on at San Jacinto on 21 April. I should have been suspicious of their answer regarding Cinco de Mayo as Mexican independence day (I have no idea why I didn't search Google) but it wasn't until a couple years later when a somewhat better educated coworker set me straight on Mexican Independence day -v- Cinco de Mayo.
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The Almighty has indeed been gracious in bestowing so many opportunities to peddle more cerveza.
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Not corrected - just amplified. Actually I wasn't aware of the difference 'til just a few years ago. From what I understand, Cinco de Mayo tends to get a much higher prominence in the US border states than it does in Mexico.
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Its because Americans will use anything for a reason to party.
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