Photo: Cinco de Mayo History: Battle of Puebla Is Root of May Holiday: Obama Plans Rose Garden Celebration Amid Immigration Debate
Mexican cadets in Puebla reenact the 1862 battle of Puebla in this May 1998 file photo. The historic... Expand
Mexican cadets in Puebla reenact the 1862 battle of Puebla in this May 1998 file photo. The historic battle is celebrated annually with a cast of 3,000 troops on the Cinco de Mayo, the day in which Mexico defeated the French, only to be decimated the following day. Collapse
(Reuters)
It actually celebrates the 1862 Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla and, according to many people, is more of a U.S. holiday than a Mexican one.
For the average Mexican, today is just another Wednesday, wrote Oscar Casares, a professor at the University of Texas-Austin.
"The holiday, which has never really been much of one in Mexico, crossed over to this side of the border in the 1950s and 1960s, as civil rights activists were attempting to build harmony between the two countries and cultures," Casares wrote.
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