Second, Cinco de Mayo isn't Mexico's Independence Day, That's September 16. Cinco de Mayo is the date of the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.
Third, I celebrate my country's independence on July 4. spend all day cooking, eat food, watch fireworks, then go to bed with the smell of sulfur in the air
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Writer's Block: Cinqo de Mayo
May. 5th, 2010 10:34 amFirst, it's Cinco de Mayo. No Q.
Second, Cinco de Mayo isn't Mexico's Independence Day, That's September 16. Cinco de Mayo is the date of the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.
Third, I celebrate my country's independence on July 4. spend all day cooking, eat food, watch fireworks, then go to bed with the smell of sulfur in the air