What are 10 facts about cinco de mayo?

Answer 1

• It is often confused with the Mexican Independence Day, which occurred on September 16, 1810, about 50 years earlier.
• Cinco de Mayo is one of more than 365 festivals celebrated by people of Mexican descent.
• The holiday was popularized in the U.S. in part by Chicano activists in the 1960s and 1970s, who identified with the Mexican Indian and mestizo (people of Mexican Indian and European descent) soldiers' triumph over European conquest attempts.
• Cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston host annual Cinco de Mayo festivities that draw hundreds of thousands of celebrants.

Answer 2

• Its spanish for "Fifth of May"
• Mostly celebrated in the U.S then in Mexico