Posted on 05/06/2015 6:17:59 AM PDT by artichokegrower
The United States of America has only been invaded once; the British landed in 1812 from Chesapeake Bay and took Washington, D.C. the capital of the United States. Mexico has not been so lucky.
First, the Mexicans warred on the Spanish for a decade before they left in 1821; then the United States invaded Mexico in 1846 and would invade again in 1914 and 1916. The U.S. won in 1846 but Woodrow Wilson’s 1914 and 1916 incursions failed in their missions. The 1916 incursion was humiliated by Mexican soldiers that captured Americans in battle. The incursion failed in its mission of capturing Mexican bandit Pancho Villa
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Celebrating a Victory Against the French in a War they Lost.
Perfect for American Kids to Learn about :/
But my driver (hospice care person) knew that the day was about France and Mexico.
I laughed when even my driver knew that France got their body parts handed to them. lol!
/johnny
Commie horsesh*t. The Frenchies came right back and kicked the Cincos’ asses and hung around Puebla for another year.
Karl Marx was born May 5th.
This Cinco thing is not a Mexican holiday. Rather a celebration of Karl Marx.
BTW: the lefties also celebrate Mass Murderer Lenin’s birthday with the same clever game. Nothing about the earth.
All you have to do to beat the French is show up.
Bingo we have a winner, it is another marxist holiday, and one that isn’t even celebrated in Mexico..
Actually, I don’t care whose day it is really (French, or Mexican). They can do their celebrating in their own damn country as far as I’m concerned.
The United States of America has only been invaded once; the British landed in 1812 from Chesapeake Bay and took Washington, D.C. the capital of the United States. Mexico has not been so lucky
The Revolutionary War was Fought on American Soil.
Two the Most Important Civil War Battles were Fought during Lee's Invasion of the North
The Japanese invaded Guam and Alaska.
Lots of Wars have been Fought on our Soil.
“Napoleon made an alliance with the Muslim Ottoman Empire in 1806 and Persia in 1807. In 1807, Napoleon invaded Spain. When Spaniards revolted in Madrid, Napoleon brought in the Muslim Mameluke cavalry. On “DOS DE MAYO,” 1808, the Muslim cavalry charged into the crowd, hacking with scimitar swords, and crushing the Spanish resistance.”
I get American Minute newsletter by William Federer. There’s more and if anyone wants to read the whole thing you can visit his website.
In 1912, the President of Mexico had visited England and tasted a condiment that he wanted the Mexican people to have. He ordered 10,00 cases of this condiment to be shipped.
It was.
The ship carrying this condiment was the Titanic, which sank after hitting an iceburg. The President of Mexico was so saddened, he declared a national holiday...
SINKO DE MAYO......
All about the party, nothing to do with American history.
I can’t wait to celebrate “Cinco de Quattro”
Cinco de Mayo is not really celebrated in Mexico except on a minor scale. It is a holiday that was made up by the distributor of Mexican beer.
Corona I believe is the one who promoted it to the fame it holds today. It is a great marketing success only really talked about in the US and Canada.
FYI, the French got their but kicked by kids from a military school.
LOL!
My impression is that it is here in this country mostly. My position about where it should be celebrated if at all hasn’t changed. To me, it’s just another mechanism to diminish our sovereignty.
Remind me again, what do the Mexicans do to celebrate the 4th of July?
Discussed this with a mexican fellow yesterday - although his english was limited he made it clear he thought the holiday was a ridiculous American invented excuse to drink.
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