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To: Macho MAGA Man

Parades for a festival that has what do do with the US?

What is conco de Mayo?


4 posted on 04/14/2025 9:21:43 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: stanne

“What is conco de Mayo?”

You drink and then you conc out.

Actually: Cinco de Mayo, celebrated on May 5, commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. This battle was significant as it represented a stand against foreign intervention during the Franco-Mexican War.


7 posted on 04/14/2025 9:24:24 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: stanne
What is conco de Mayo?

Commemorates that time the Mexicans beat the French. Really.

Not the same as Mexican Independence Day (from Spain), and not even celebrated in all parts of Mexico.

Let's see if they do the same for Saint Patrick's. ;)

10 posted on 04/14/2025 9:27:05 AM PDT by Salman (Lasu Eŭropon bruli!)
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To: stanne
5th of May (cinco de mayo) is a beer holiday invented by the beer distributors.

Got to watch it arrive to Massachusetts in 1999. 1998…nothing.

The natives ate up the advertising.

19 posted on 04/14/2025 9:45:33 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: stanne

Cinco de Mayo was invented in Los Angeles, not in Mexico. The only state in Mexico that celebrates the day is Puebla, where the 1863 battle it supposedly commemorates took place. For Americans, it is mainly an excuse to drink, so I don’t think the cancelled parades will be missed much.


42 posted on 04/14/2025 11:47:33 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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