The
5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but is should be ! And Cinco de Mayo
is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence
from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years
before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.
So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because
4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at
Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.
