Here are some more sources: http://www.mexonline.com/cinco-de-mayo.htm
"The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16. " http://clnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html 'Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on a much larger scale here in the United States than it is in Mexico' I have known people from Mexico and they have told me that Cinco De Mayo did nto become a big deal anywhere until recently (in the last 15 years or so). I am not so sure that others would agree that something that happened almost 150 years ago would be considered a 'current event' On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Justin Scott <jscott-li...@gravityfree.com> wrote: > >> I live in a community that is about 80% Christian, and >> they say that Jesus rose form the dead - that does not >> make it true. > > Big difference between a mystical event that supposedly happened 2000 years > ago and a current event that many people actively participate in. As an > example, I haven't been to the running of the bulls personally, but the > attention it gets in the news and from people who are there makes it a "big > deal." I could go on Wikipedia right now and say that it's not, but that > wouldn't make it true. > > > -Justin > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:317594 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
