Happy Cinco de Mayo

May 5 marks the anniversary of the defeat of 8,000 well-armed French forces at the hands of the outnumbered Mexican army led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín in the Battle of Puebla, or Batalla de Puebla in Spanish, during the French intervention in 1862.

Cinco de Mayo is commonly mistaken for Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on September 16 and celebrates Mexico's victory for independence from Spain.

In fact, Cinco de Mayo is much more significant in the United States than in Mexico itself.

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It's a fine day to Impeach Chimpy and Shooter!

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rjsnj on May 5, 2008 at 04:06 PM

It's a better day to give us Our Lady of wisdom to run our Country.

The men have tried for hundreds of years and have never got all the people working together.

Give our Lady Hillary a chance to show you how it is done?

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oneforall on May 6, 2008 at 03:57 PM

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