Originally Posted by
Fluffer 
Cinco de Mayo is a total cultural fraud. It's barely recognized in Mexico and, contrary to what people think in America, is not the anniversary of Mexican independence from Spain. It's just another made up Hallmark holiday promoted by the international liquor conglomerates to sell Coronas.
I guess you and I know totally different people in America. All my friends know that Mexico's Independence Day is in September (the 16th), and that Cinco de Mayo is the date is observed to commemorate the Mexican army's victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
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NoelleR