Cinco de Mayo is not a Mexican Holiday
May 05, 2022•7 min•Season 7Ep. 5
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Episode description
In this episode I discuss the history in Cinco de Mayo and why it's not a Mexican holiday.
References
Hayes, David E. 2014. “Cinco de Mayo -- a truly Mexican <i>American</i> holidayIn the first parades after the 1862 Battle of Puebla, revelers who supported freedom, racial equality and democracy carried U.S. and Mexican flags side by side.” Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2014.
Hayes-Bautista, David E.. El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition. Ukraine: University of California Press, 2012.
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