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Cinco de Mayo - The Teacher's Guide

Many people think Cinco de Mayo (My-O) is Mexico’s Independence Day, but it isn’t. The holiday of Cinco de Mayo, or The Fifth of May celebrates the day Mexican forces defeated French forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Mexico had already won its independence from Spain in 1821 , but now France was trying to take over. 4,500