Posted by crystaltips
on Tue 5 May 09, 7:37 AM to crystaltips's blog.
the Mexicans defeated the French!
Happy Cinco de Mayo! (Unless you are French of course)
| 5 May 09, 2:53 PM crystaltips UK(S), 5 yrs |
Are you French or just confused? Extract from Wikipedia: Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico.[1][2] The holiday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.[3][4] The outnumbered Mexicans defeated a much better-equipped French army that had known no defeat for almost 50 years.
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