Tag: mexican traditions

Why do we Celebrate Cinco de Mayo?

We celebrate because it is the Mexican Independence day right? Wrong.  Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s independence day, that is on September 16th.  Cinco de Mayo, meaning May 5th in Spanish, commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France during the Franco-Mexican War at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Cinco de Mayo in Mexico […]