Table of contentsWhat Do People DoPublic LifeBackgroundWhy Cinco De Mayo is CelebratedCinco d? M?

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1. What Do People Do
Public LifeBackground
2. Why Cinco De Mayo is Celebrated

Cinco d? M??? i? ?nnu?ll? ?b??rv?d ?n M?? 5. It celebrates th? d?f??t of th? Fr?n?h ?rm? during th? B?ttl? ?f Puebla (B?t?ll? d? Puebla) in Mexico ?n M?? 5, 1862. It i? n?t to be ??nfu??d with M?xi??'? Ind???nd?n?? Day. Cinco de Mayo i? not a public h?lid??. It f?ll? on Sunday, 5 M?? 2019 ?nd m??t bu?in????? f?ll?w r?gul?r Sunday ???ning h?ur? in the United St?t??. Cin?? d? Mayo, ?r th? fifth ?f M??, is a ?r?tt? ???ul?r holiday to ??l?br?t? in the United St?t??, ?lth?ugh it? roots li? in M?xi??.In 1861, Mexico w?? in a ?t?t? ?f fin?n?i?l ruin ?nd di?tr???, ?nd the n?w ?r??id?nt, at the time, B?nit? Juár?z w?? f?r??d t? default on debt ???m?nt? to v?ri?u? European g?v?rnm?nt?. Th??? g?v?rnm?nt? d??id?d to send tr???? to Veracruz, Mexico to d?m?nd their money. All but Fr?n?? withdr?w their forces. Instead, N???l??n III, the rul?r ?f France ?t th? tim? dr?v? ?ut Juár?z ?nd his g?v?rnm?nt. On M?? 5, 1862, the French tr???? — ?b?ut 6,000 in numb?r — ?tt??k?d a ?m?ll town in east-central Mexico called Puebla d? L?? Ángeles. Th?? w?r? l?d by G?n?r?l Charles Latrille d? Lorencez and armed with h??v? artillery. In r????n??, Juár?z sent 2,000 of hi? m?n t? Pu?bl? to fight th? Fr?n?h tr????. Th? b?ttl? didn't l??t l?ng, fr?m ?unu? to ?und?wn. In th? b?ttl?, th? Fr?n?h lost about 500 soldiers, whil? th? M?xi??n troops l??t l??? than 100 m?n. Th? winning ?f th? B?ttl? ?f th? Pu?bl? r??r???nt?d a gr??t victory for th? Mexican g?v?rnm?nt and h?? been solidified in Mexico's hi?t?r?. The ??l?br?ti?n ?f thi? d?? i? v?r? diff?r?nt in th? Unit?d St?t?? than it i? in M?xi??.

What Do People Do

Cinco d? M??? is ???n as a d?? t? ??l?br?t? th? ?ultur?, ??hi?v?m?nt? ?nd ?x??ri?n??? ?f ????l? with a M?xi??n b??kgr?und, who liv? in th? United States. Th?r? is a l?rg? ??mm?r?i?l element to th? d??, with businesses ?r?m?ting M?xi??n ??rvi??? ?nd goods, ??rti?ul?rl? f??d, drinks ?nd mu?i?. Other aspects of th? d?? ??nt?r around tr?diti?n?l ??mb?l? of M?xi??n lif?, ?u?h ?? th? Virgin d? Guadalupe, ?nd M?xi??n-Am?ri??n? who h?v? ??hi?v?d f?m?, f?rtun? and influence in the Unit?d St?t??.

One ?f the l?rg??t Cin?? d? M??? ??l?br?ti?n? are in ?iti?? such as Los Angeles, San J???, San Fr?n?i???, S?n Antonio, S??r?m?nt?, Ph??nix, Albuquerque, D?nv?r and El P??? in th? USA's ??uth-w??t?rn r?gi?n?. In these ?iti??, a large proportion ?f th? population h?? M?xi??n origins. M?n? people hang u? b?nn?r? ?nd ??h??l di?tri?t? organize l????n? ?nd special ?v?nt? t? ?du??t? th?ir ?u?il? ?b?ut th? ?ultur? ?f Americans ?f Mexican d????nt. In ??m? areas, particularly in Pub?l? de L?? Angeles, ??l?br?ti?n? ?f regional M?xi??n mu?i? ?nd d?n?ing are h?ld.

Public Life

Cin?? de Mayo is n?t a f?d?r?l h?lid?? in the United St?t??. Org?niz?ti?n?, businesses ?nd ??h??l? are ???n ?? u?u?l. Publi? transit ???t?m? run ?n th?ir u?u?l ??h?dul?. ?r??? ?f ??m? cities, ?????i?ll? th??? in th? S?uthw??t, l???l ??r?d?? and ?tr??t events m?? ??u?? ??m? l???l congestion t? tr?ffi?.

Background

Cinco de M??? ?ffi?i?ll? ??mm?m?r?t?? th? anniversary ?f ?n ??rl? victory b? M?xi??n forces over French f?r??? in th? Battle ?f Puebla ?n M?? 5, 1862. It is n?t th? ?nniv?r??r? of the defeat and ?x?ul?i?n ?f th? Fr?n?h forces b? th? M?xi??n?, whi?h ???urr?d in 1867. It i? also n?t, as is often assumed, th? d?? ?f M?xi??'? celebrations ?f ind???nd?n??, whi?h are ??tu?ll? held on S??t?mb?r 16. It i? believed th?t th? origins ?f Cinco d? M??? celebrations lie in the r????n??? ?f Mexicans living in C?lif?rni? in th? 1860? t? Fr?n?h rul? in M?xi?? ?t th?t tim?.

Why Cinco De Mayo is Celebrated

Behind the ??l?r ?nd music ?f Cin?? de M??? li?? the B?ttl? ?f Puebla, th? 1862 vi?t?r? of th? Mexican ????l? fighting to b? free fr?m ??l?ni?l d?min?ti?n. Parades, brightly colored dresses, ?izzling ?tr??t f??d, f??tiv? mu?i?, ?nd laughter fill? the streets every M?? 5, a d?t? circled in r?v?luti?n?r? r?d on ?n? M?xi??n calendar. On May 5, 1862, a r?gt?g M?xi??n army d?f??t?d the b?tt?r-??ui???d h??t? of the Second French Em?ir? ?t th? B?ttl? ?f Puebla. Th? b?ttl? itself did n?t d??id? th? w?r — th? Fr?n?h r?turn?d to ???tur? Puebla ?nd M?xi?? Cit? in 1863. Fr?n?? controlled Mexico until 1867, when Mexican tr???? ?v?rthr?w th?ir g?v?rnm?nt ?nd returned t? b?ing ?n ind???nd?nt r??ubli?. Ov?r tim?, th? B?ttl? ?f Pu?bl? gr?w in national significance. Th? vi?t?r? strengthened th? morale of a v?r? ??ung M?xi?? ?nd became th? rallying ?r? ?f resistance t? f?r?ign d?min?ti?n. In ??mm?m?r?ti?n of thi? day, Cinco de Mayo began as a ??l?br?ti?n of th? Fr?n?h defeat, but the h?lid?? h?? gr?wn and ?h?ng?d with time. F?r M?xi??n? in Puebla, as w?ll as M?xi??n-Am?ri??n? in th? Unit?d States, it h?? b???m? a ??m?l?x ??mb?l ?f M?xi??n ?ultur?, r??ili?n??, and ?h?r??t?r.

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