Cinco de Mayo revisited

[Wullie]

Friend of mine sent me this.

On May 5, 1862, Mexico was involved in a war with France who was in the process of taking over the country of Mexico. This is a war which was eventually won by France and that nation placed Emperor Maxmilian I on the throne as ruler of Mexico. In 1866 the French withdrew and in 1867 Maxmilian was deposed by President Benito Juarez and executed. Of course this was FIVE YEARS after the Battle of Puebla. On May 5, 1862 in the early days of the war between France and Mexico, superior French forces were defeated by Mexican forces under the command of General Ignacia Zaragoza Seguin at THE BATTLE OF PUEBLA.

So in fact the Battle of Puebla was the battle which was won by Mexico in a war which was LOST by Mexico.

I have heard many people including a number of Hispanic citizens of the United States say that Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day. They are WRONG of course as Mexican Independence Day is actually September 16, 1810 which is the day that the 10 year war fought by Mexico for their independence from SPAIN began. Spain had ruled Mexico since the last Aztec Emperor Cuauhtemoc was captured by Spanish forces in 1521. In 1808 Napoleon invaded Spain and placed his brother Jose Bonaparte on the Spanish throne. The Mexican Revolution against Spain began on September 10, 1810. As you can see this was some 52 years prior to the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

This so called Cinco de Mayo holiday is not even celebrated all over Mexico. Puebla does celebrate this date in their history BUT CINCO DE MAYO IS NOT A MEXICAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY. It is given much more significance in California and Texas than it is in Mexico.

So all this bunk about Americans wearing symbols of the United States of America, showing disrespect against Mexico, on May 5th (Cinco de Mayo) or any other day for that matter IN THE UNITED STATES is pure, made up, politically correct, bull shit.

[fatman]

Hey man thats like racist or something dont be hating on my heritage