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Cinco De Mayo
I am not trying to be funny at all. I am almost 60 years old and this one I have heard tossed around the last couple of years but do not understand what it is. Help? I hear it all the time hear in florida. I realize it is some kind of holiday but what exactly. Anyone got a short version? I am embarrassed that I dont know. Sorry.
Oh yes, I'm doing well. Doing a lot of that "mom" thing which keeps me busy and wanting those frozen margaritas on more than just cinco de Mayo! I hope you are doing well also!
I’ve heard the same thing about it being a bigger deal on this side of the border.
“We've Americanized it into something that means Margaritas and salsa! “
LOL that’s pretty much what I say. “Most people here probably think they are celebrating the invention of The Frozen Margarita.”
On another note, it's been awhile and I hope all is well.
“We've Americanized it into something that means Margaritas and salsa! “
LOL that’s pretty much what I say. “Most people here probably think they are celebrating the invention of The Frozen Margarita.”
On another note, it's been awhile and I hope all is well.
Ha, yes, it means the 5th of May but why is it a celebration? It's their version of 4th of July. And actually I've been in Mexico for cinco de Mayo and guess what---------- much bigger of a party here than there. LOL We've Americanized it into something that means Margaritas and salsa!
It sounds like you see a lot of difficult things. I can imagine how terrible it must be. I dont think you are prejudice, I think you are frustrated with what is happening and the lack of anything being done. Hold on to hope margy
One more thing..I also blame in a good measure the ineptitude and gross ignorance of the animal control in my area and also the child welfare services ..who do not do the job they were put there for .
I want to apologise for my last rant.. you know they say if you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen and that's what I am going to do ,in the next year I am going to move from here, its a very beautiful part of CA in the foothills, but no doubt its difficult to live near the folks moved here, child and nature lover that I am , it has made my life unbearable at times. However I am sure that a lot of Mexicans legal and illegal are good folks ...I didnt mean to sound so unfair....
We do not celebrate St Patricks much and what about St Georges day as I am an American/Brit we don't do that one ..if you saw what I see and hear living here maybe you would understand ...I am glad they have their festivities I wish they would have stayed in their own country to celebrate it, some wont even learn English .I spend days on end trying to help with neglected starved , ill treated animals and children ...filthy homes and run down areas full of trash and old cars, not too far from my house .. I suggest instead of rose colored glasses you come take a look see...then talk of their celebrations.. PS there are some very nice happy illegals here just not enough..... .
Well, hmmmm, I dont know what to say, but you have definately given me an image of a rat I never had before. lol
I think there are few holidays that are actually celebrated as they were intended for in the begining. Over time they lose their meaning to many people and its just another day for fun or whatever.
I think there are few holidays that are actually celebrated as they were intended for in the begining. Over time they lose their meaning to many people and its just another day for fun or whatever.
Not at all, I spoke the truth. To prove my point, not one person on this forum knew what CINCO DE MAYO means (copy and pasting something found on the internet doesn’t count). Keep in mind, it has been celebrated for years but very few know why? It is pretty much self-explanatory, nobody gives a Rats A$$. Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated far more than Cinco De Mayo and very few people know anything about Saint Patrick or why he is celebrated. Why? Because nobody gives a Rats A$$. I’m half Irish and it doesn’t bother me the slightest.
Incase anyone is ever on Jeopardy, Saint Patrick was not Irish and Cinco de Mayo means 5th of May
Incase anyone is ever on Jeopardy, Saint Patrick was not Irish and Cinco de Mayo means 5th of May
Well I am always looking for an excuse to have a margarita or two! lol My da worked at Fridays Restaurant and it was always a big deal there but I never really got what it was, so thanks all! Now I know...
I didnt know what it was either teko so dont feel bad.
R Glass, that sounded a bit cruel to Mexicans dont you think?
R Glass, that sounded a bit cruel to Mexicans dont you think?
I live in Australia,but I would never knock someone elses celebrations,I think July the 4th is a great celebration in the US.I also know you have Veterans Day,and Memorial Day,Thanksgiving,all days that are not celebrated here,but I know to Americans they are very important.
I wonder how many Americans know when Australia Day is,the day we celebrate becoming a Federation?Or what ANZAC Day is,or do you know what the ANZUS treaty was and what it stands for,Just curious.
Happy Cinco De Mayo Day to those who do give a rats a$$
I wonder how many Americans know when Australia Day is,the day we celebrate becoming a Federation?Or what ANZAC Day is,or do you know what the ANZUS treaty was and what it stands for,Just curious.
Happy Cinco De Mayo Day to those who do give a rats a$$
oh right well we are over populated and most are illegal ...
It’s actually a pretty big deal here and we are not over populated with Mexicans. But this is South Louisiana and it doesn’t take much for an excuse to party. Most people here probably think they are celebrating the invention of The Frozen Margarita.
It would have to depend how its celebrated. Many countries have their own independence day and to them its an important holiday. Also it would depend if it is celebrated here differently than in the country itself.
hahahah R Glass you are right thats what happens here , lol its only mexicans celebrating here .
I’m going to give you the short version.
Cinco De Mayo was a battle between Mexicans and French and Mexico won.
Fast Forward, no one really remembers or gives Rats A$$.
Like Saint Patrick’s Day, it is just another day to party only Mexican style.
So, sit back enjoy a Margarita and say, “I don’t know and I don’t care.” If you are in a group, after about the 3rd one, ya’ll be toasting (at the top of your lungs), “We Don’t Know and We Don’t Care.”
History Lesson, complements of R Glass.
Cinco De Mayo was a battle between Mexicans and French and Mexico won.
Fast Forward, no one really remembers or gives Rats A$$.
Like Saint Patrick’s Day, it is just another day to party only Mexican style.
So, sit back enjoy a Margarita and say, “I don’t know and I don’t care.” If you are in a group, after about the 3rd one, ya’ll be toasting (at the top of your lungs), “We Don’t Know and We Don’t Care.”
History Lesson, complements of R Glass.
Thanks, so this is something they celebrate? Am I the only one that didnt get it?
This is the shortest explanation I could find.
The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.
So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.
The French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left. The French, however, had different ideas.
Under Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay. They brought a Hapsburg prince with them to rule the new Mexican empire. His name was Maximilian; his wife, Carolota. Napoleon's French Army had not been defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico with the finest modern equipment and with a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion. The French were not afraid of anyone, especially since the United States was embroiled in its own Civil War.
The French Army left the port of Vera Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the French assumed that the Mexicans would give up should their capital fall to the enemy -- as European countries traditionally did.
Under the command of Texas-born General Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexicans awaited. Brightly dressed French Dragoons led the enemy columns. The Mexican Army was less stylish.
General Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to take his cavalry, the best in the world, out to the French flanks. In response, the French did a most stupid thing; they sent their cavalry off to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to butcher them. The remaining French infantrymen charged the Mexican defenders through sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred up by Indians armed only with machetes.
When the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their cavalry was being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles away. The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. This grand army smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the Civil War.
Union forces were then rushed to the Texas/Mexican border under General Phil Sheridan, who made sure that the Mexicans got all the weapons and ammunition they needed to expel the French. American soldiers were discharged with their uniforms and rifles if they promised to join the Mexican Army to fight the French. The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico, City.
It might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862. But who knows?
In gratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces. As recently as the Persian Gulf War, Mexicans flooded American consulates with phone calls, trying to join up and fight another war for America.
Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862. VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!
The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.
So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.
The French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left. The French, however, had different ideas.
Under Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay. They brought a Hapsburg prince with them to rule the new Mexican empire. His name was Maximilian; his wife, Carolota. Napoleon's French Army had not been defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico with the finest modern equipment and with a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion. The French were not afraid of anyone, especially since the United States was embroiled in its own Civil War.
The French Army left the port of Vera Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the French assumed that the Mexicans would give up should their capital fall to the enemy -- as European countries traditionally did.
Under the command of Texas-born General Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexicans awaited. Brightly dressed French Dragoons led the enemy columns. The Mexican Army was less stylish.
General Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to take his cavalry, the best in the world, out to the French flanks. In response, the French did a most stupid thing; they sent their cavalry off to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to butcher them. The remaining French infantrymen charged the Mexican defenders through sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred up by Indians armed only with machetes.
When the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their cavalry was being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles away. The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. This grand army smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the Civil War.
Union forces were then rushed to the Texas/Mexican border under General Phil Sheridan, who made sure that the Mexicans got all the weapons and ammunition they needed to expel the French. American soldiers were discharged with their uniforms and rifles if they promised to join the Mexican Army to fight the French. The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico, City.
It might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862. But who knows?
In gratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces. As recently as the Persian Gulf War, Mexicans flooded American consulates with phone calls, trying to join up and fight another war for America.
Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862. VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!
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