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Saturday, May 05, 2007
Fiesta Cinco de Mayo
Contrary to what many people think, Cinco de Mayo, Spanish for the 5th of May, is not Mexican Independence Day (that holiday is celebrated on September 16th). Instead, Cinco de Mayo celebrates celebrates the victory of the Mexican Army over a vastly superior French force dispatched by the French ruler Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon) to make Mexico a French colony...read more | digg story
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Cinco de Mayo,
General Ignacio Zaragoza,
Napoleon III,
Puebla
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