It’s May 5th and in Compton we are celebrating Mexican heritage and pride.
Contrary to popular belief, Cinco De Mayo is not a celebration of Mexico’s independence. We celebrate Cinco De Mayo in memory of Mexico’s victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. In Compton we take it a step further and celebrate Mexican culture, history, and ancestry with an annual festival.
When we learn and observe cultures other than our own, we are able to bridge gaps, open the doors of communication, and embrace one another. For those that thought Cinco De Mayo was Independence Day you just learned something new 
Mexican Independence Day is actually on Diez y Seis De Septiembre!
Here in Austin its an excuse for half-price margaritas! Of course, they should be charging double for French champagne . . . in fact, the French were in Mexico supporting Emperor Maximilian – an Austrian Archduke suckered into the job. The assassination of his nephew Franz Ferdinand triggered WW1. The things you learn from Wikipedia – thanks for starting my little diversion!
Hey! You wanna know what else goes great with Cinco de Mayo besides chips and salsa?? Latin Music!The best I can suggest goes by the name of Trio Caliente.
http://www.myspace.com/acmrecords
Their music is festive and full of energy. If you’re having any celebrations today bump their single “Baila Me”
HAPPY Cinco de Mayo!!!!!!
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I love Cinco de Mayo. Even here in the middle of Wyoming we celebrate it, lots of good mexican food and all you can drink margeritas! Ola!
Thanks for sharing a trivia about Mexico.
Happy Cinco De Mayo day Marenda and thanks for posting. You have a nice smile by the way!
I agree with you that When we should learn and observe cultures other than our own, we are able to bridge gaps, open the doors of communication, and embrace one another.It will help us in every stage of oul life.
Are everyone in mexico wearing funny hats?
Happy “Belated” Cinco de Mayo! : ]
Learned a lot from your post! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for refreshing my memory! I learned this in Spanish in high school, but had since forgotten. We had Cinco de Mayo festivals here, and man, you should’ve seen our town. A normally 10-minute trip to the recycling turned into an over 30-minute trip that we got rerouted on. The streets we originally wanted were closed from the parade and the side streets were turned into one ways because there were so many cars parked on them!
Happy Cinco de Mayo. I am not Mexican, but I am from South America so I share some of that.
Personally I think Americans just use this as an excuse to get drunk. Shame!
I always thought that cinco de mayo was a celebration for mexico’s independence – guess not. Anyways cinco de mayo is a great holiday in america – nothing like guacamole and dos equis.
Interesting! I also thought Cinco de Mayo was in celebration of Mexico’s independence. Thanks for the clarification!
I had a great conco de mayo, we got burritos for lunch and had some good mexican beers at dinner, fun times.
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I had a really fun May 5, although here in my hometown in america…we didn’t really do much.
I like your great idea about communication that open the doors of communication, and embrace one another.