While in the US, today is widely celebrated as some sort of Mexican identity day. and we continunally have to educated the gringos that it is NOT Independence Day, nor even a holiday, there may be a reason it is the informal US "Mexico Day" that might be worth considering, It was a big deal..…
As Americans drink beer in celebration of Cinco de Mayo, they should be thankful that Mexico helped save the Union by preventing the French from assisting the Confederacy.
For Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is a date. For Chicanos, it's a metaphor. And for Denver, it's a tradition that goes far beyond drinking margaritas and Coronas.
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