It’s time to raise a glass to Cinco de Mayo once more.
So what are we celebrating, exactly? The May 5th holiday commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 during the Franco-Mexican War. The Mexicans had been greatly outnumbered. So while this was not a key, strategic victory in the overall war, it was a huge win, symbolically, because it helped raise Mexican morale.
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