While you have tacos and Corona, here are a few Cinco de Mayo facts for tonight’s party..

We will make it easy for you.. Snippets are “in.”

So here are snippets.

  • Cinco de Mayo Isn’t Mexico’s Independence Day. …
  • Mexicans Don’t Call It Cinco de Mayo. …
  • The Mexican Army Beat Unbelievable Odds. …
  • The General Was Honored in a Super Special Way. …
  • Families in California Partied First. …
  • FDR Helped Commercialize Cinco de Mayo. …
  • Mexico Celebrates the Military on May 5.
  • Cinco de Mayo marks the anniversary of the 1862 victory by Mexican troops over invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla

But finally..

A year later.. By 4 June 1863, French troops were at the gates of Mexico City.





French troops, under General Bazaine, entered the city in triumph and a new imperialist government was proclaimed. By July 1863 the “Proclamation of Empire” was issued, and the new government was given the title of “Regency of the Empire”

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