Beer importer marketers decided they really needed a drinking holiday between St. Patricks and Memorial Day and picked an obscure Mexican holiday?
Posted on 05/05/2011 9:54:53 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.
So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.
The French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left. The French, however, had different ideas.
Under Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay ... (snip)
[True] Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. These are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862. VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!
(Excerpt) Read more at vivacincodemayo.org ...
It's too bad so much of the Mexican populace today is so ignorant of their real history.
If it were not for Corona, there would be no celebrations.
What’s the big deal, they only beat the French?
Good article though. Too many confuse it as Mexican Independence day when it was really pushing out a French invasion.
Viva Cinco de Quatro!
Is that Austrian for ‘Cinco de Mayo?’
It’s one of the imponderables of history, if the French had beaten the Mexicans in Puebla (which they should have done by all rights), would they have tried to use those troops to influence the WBTS? Would they have helped the Confederacy or tried to swoop in and pick off Texas from it? The Wikipedia entry for CdM implies that the “experts” think Napoleon III would’ve come into the war on the side of the South.
}:-)4
And I always thought it was Kwanza with refrieds.
Beer importer marketers decided they really needed a drinking holiday between St. Patricks and Memorial Day and picked an obscure Mexican holiday?
Remember the Alamo
I think that we should celebrate Cinco de Mayo the same way the Mexicans celebrate our independence on the 4th of July in their country.
It should be a national holiday for when General Winfield Scott took Mexico City.
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day. The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as ........
All the La Raza punks that ask me to join and "help our people", I tell them that Mexico is a country blessed by natural resources and a population in general that believes in the family and HARD work.... but is cursed by an agrarian revolution that left a socialist/communist framework in place that is corrupt. Mexico has only itself and it's pathetic so called leaders to blame for the cesspool and murdering slum that Mexico has become.
When the president of Mexico has the stones to tell our president, our congress and OUR TAXPAYERS what he "wants" and what we "should do", I'd like to be the first in line to tell him that if I wanted advice on how to sell chiclets, move drugs or murder someone I'll take his advice. Otherwise clean up your own toilet of a country and STFU.
F' Cinco de Mayo... the only holiday more idiotic than Kwanza.
No, thanks!
Thanks, I did not know that... :>)
From C4P....
Why we celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico.
But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost. The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as - Sinko De Mayo
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