Cinco de Mayo

He was the president of Mexico at the time.

None, that was a battle between French troops and Mexicans in Mexico.

However, it is believed that France was intending to use Mexico as a base to support the confederate army, which could have altered the entire outcome of the American Civil War. The battle of Puebla was a major victory for revitalizing the Mexican army to force the French out of their country.

The "Cinco de Mayo" celebration commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza. The Battle was important because 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated a much better-equipped French army composed of 8,000 men that had not been defeated for almost 50 years.

Ignacio Zaragoza.

The battle of Puebla lasted less than four hours on May 5, 1862. Because it showed the resolve of the Mexicans to fight the French occupiers in Mexico, it is celebrated annually as the Cinco de Mayo.

The French commander, General Charles de Lorencez, did not start an artillery barrage of Puebla and two other forts until shortly before noon, but exhausted all of his ammunition by 3 PM. When the daily rains arrived, it stymied the French troops, who fell back. As many as 462 soldiers were killed and more than 300 wounded.

The Venezuelans got their freedom from the Kingdom of Spain in 1811. They freed themselves by breaking away from that kingdom. Their Independence Day is on July 5th. The Venezuelans still celebrate Independence Day today.

Sometimes planes past by and make a show, replacing fireworks. They also celebrate by holding parades.

Benito Juarez was President of Mexico, On July 17, 1861, he issued a moratorium stating that all foreign debt payments would be suspended for two years. In response, Britain, Spain and France sent naval forces to collect. Britain and Spain later withdrew, but France remained, resulting in the French-Mexican War.

It was during that war that the Battle of Puebla was fought and won against great odds by the Mexican forces. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in recognition of that victory.

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35 Seconds. Pueblo was always known for finishing early.

Feliz Cinco de Mayo ¡Cinco feliz De Mayonesa!

A paper published by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture states that the day first started in California in response to the resistance to the French rule in Mexico. When Mexican miners in the town of Columbia, California heard news about the resistance, they were so overjoyed that they fired off rifles and fireworks, sang patriotic songs, and made speeches. It has been celebrated in California since 1863.

It was not until the 1940s, during the rise of the Chicano movement in the United States, that Cinco de Mayo started to become widely celebrated. It became even more widely celebrated in the 1980s when companies, especially beer companies, began to promote it.

Interesting, in Mexico Cinco de Mayo is celebrated mainly in Puebla, where Mexican fighters won the Battle of Puebla against great odds.

Cinco de Mayo is sometimes confused with Mexico's Independence Day, which occurred 50 years earlier on September on September 16th.

Well, Cinco De Mayo is one, but it's also my birthday and I nothing else I think.

Traditional Mexican and Folkloric dancing, such as Mexican Hat Dance, Jarabe Tapatio and so on.

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"Cinco de Mayo es celebrado en los Estados Unidos"

Cinco de Mayo was the day in 1862 when the Mexican forces won an unlikely victory against the French at the Battle of Puebla in the French-Mexican War/

La batalla fue en Puebla, cerca de la Ciudad de México, en el año 1862.

Mexican Independence Day gets confused with Cinco de Mayo. Mexico gained independence from Spain on September 16, 1810, so that is their independence day. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla during the French-Mexican War on May 5, 1862.

Cinco de Mayo is from the Mexican culture. Ignore this question it is wrong.................

To clear the common confusion, It has nothing to do with the Independence the declared from Spain on September 16, 1810.

Cinco De Mayo is a Mexican Holiday that was created to celebrate the victory of the Mexican army against the French in the French Intervention in 1862. The Mexicans with an army of about two thousand defeated the French forces of six thousand. Although they did lose the war, they still celebrate the victory of this battle.

To Answer your question, it became popular in the late 20th century when Dos Equis Beer company encouraged Americans to drink their beer on the Fifth of May (Cinco de Mayo), to promote sales.

Charles de Lorencez.

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In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is mostly celebrated around the town of Puebla.

In the United States, it is mostly celebrated by people of Mexican descent across the country,

• 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.