Partying 🎉 , tacos 🌮 , tequila, or the Battle of Puebla and General Zaragoza, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 “𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨”? #CincodeMayo is an annual celebration held on (𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴)... May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza. The victory of the smaller and less equipped #poor Mexican force against a larger #rich French army was a boost to morale for the Mexicans. #Zaragoza died months after the battle due to illness. Did you know that without what happened on this fateful day, the United States may have not existed as we know it today? While the battle in itself was not a major strategic win, and the French took control of Mexico in 1864, it served to lift the spirits of resistance forces, and helped them to gain an alliance with the Americans to successfully make Napoleon’s forces withdraw. Since it is believed the French would have likely aided the Confederacy at the Civil War, Mexico’s resistance likely changed the history of the United States. Pro-Union Mexican citizens in the state of California heavily celebrated the victory at the Battle of Puebla viewing it as a victory for the Union’s cause, later formalizing and spreading the annual celebrations across all of California, and Mexican-Americans all around. So while we are out (or in #quarantine) at #HappyHour remember the #BattleofCincodeMayo #BattleofPuebla #GeneralZaragoza #everythangculture #podcastforallcultures #drinksonus #howdoyoucelebrate #whydoyoucelebrate #mexicanhistory #history #blackpodcasters #podcast https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0E43EgeRf/?igshid=1hmcbcjulbuts
