[susanb]

some of you must be more familiar with it than I am

[MaryAlice]

Yay!  SOMETHING to celebrate!

[enchantmentadm]

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated much more widely in the U.S. than in Mexico and is really more of a Mexican-American holiday. It is often incorrectly believed to be a celebration of Mexican independence from Spain; this date is September 16. Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Happy Cinco de Mayo anyway.

[MaryAlice]

Thank you, Armand....that's what I've heard over the years ....Cinco de Mayo is fictitious to a minor degree ....another holiday, though, for some people (mostly in the U.S.) to celebrate.

[English Rose]

Hadn't heard of it before. Thank you for sharing.