What Americans Get Wrong About Cinco de Mayo – By Dan Avery (CNET) / May 3, 2022
In the US, the holiday has more to do with beer than Mexican culture, say critics
Despite a popular misconception in the US, Cinco de Mayo doesn’t commemorate when Mexico gained its independence from Spain. (That’s marked on Sept. 16.)
It’s not even a major event in Mexico.
Cinco de Mayo honors the Battle of Puebla, when vastly outnumbered Mexican forces repelled French Emperor Napoleon III’s troops in 1862 during the Second Franco-Mexican War.
How did a clash south of the border come to be such a huge day of partying in the US? Read on to find out.
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