Daisy Raisler » Cinco de Mayo http://daisy.raisler.com Networking for life. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:16:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Cinco de Mayo http://daisy.raisler.com/2007/07/08/cinco-de-mayo/ http://daisy.raisler.com/2007/07/08/cinco-de-mayo/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:37:28 +0000 Daisy http://daisy.raisler.com/2007/07/08/cinco-de-mayo/ Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is a date of great importance for the Mexican community. It marks the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla. Althought the Mexican army was eventually defeated, the “Batalla de Puebla” came to represent a symbol of Mexican unity and patriotism. With this victory, Mexico demonstrated to the world that Mexico and all of Latin America were willing to defend themselves of any foreign intervention. Especially those from imperialist states bent on world conquest.

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on a much larger scale here in the United States than it is in Mexico. People of Mexican descent in the United States celebrate this significant day by having parades, mariachi music, folklorico dancing and other types of festive activities.

Daisy Says: Victory is measured more by the character then by the winning of a battle.

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