http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo
"Cinco de Mayo is a regional holiday limited primarily to the state of Puebla. There is some limited recognition of the holiday in other parts of the country." On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Kris Sisk <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: > > We run into things like this here frequently. The worst I've ever seen was > when the elementary school where I was working at the time made a rule > against birthday parties in the classroom but dedicated half a day to > festivities for Mexican Independence Day. It drove me nuts. And then there's > all the people who fly the Mexican flag without (or worse, above) the > American flag. That kind of thing would be illegal in another country. > > For the record, Cinco Di Mayo is celebrated in Mexico according to every > Mexican immigrant I've ever talked to about the subject. To put that in > perspective for you, the population here is about 60% Hispanic, with about > 3/4 or so of them being either immigrants or first generation Americans, so > I've known quite a few people who were actually born and grew up in Mexico. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
