{"id":51677,"date":"2023-05-05T14:39:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=51677"},"modified":"2023-05-05T14:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:39:28","slug":"just-a-couple-of-quick-notes-about-cinco-de-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/just-a-couple-of-quick-notes-about-cinco-de-mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"Just a Couple of Quick Notes About Cinco de Mayo …"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No – the Titanic was NOT<\/strong><\/span> carrying 12,000 jars of Hellmann’s mayonnaise when she sank.<\/p>\n

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Did Lost Cargo on the Titanic Lead to the Creation of Cinco de Mayo? | Snopes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yes – Cinco de Mayo is MUCH MORE WIDELY CELEBRATED<\/strong><\/span> in the USA than Mexico.<\/p>\n

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Cinco de Mayo is not widely celebrated in Mexico outside of Puebla. Unlike Mexico\u2019s Independence Day, Sept. 16, it is not even a federal holiday.\u00a0 In the United States, by contrast, more than 500 cities<\/a>\u00a0have annual Cinco de Mayo celebrations, with the largest in Los Angeles drawing as many as 500,000 revelers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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So, is it strange that Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated in the United States than in Mexico?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

No \u2014 because Cinco de Mayo is a celebration created by and for Latino communities in the United States. And the celebration of Cinco de Mayo is more about U.S. Latino history and culture than Mexican history.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cinco de Mayo is not a Mexican holiday. It\u2019s an American one. – The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n

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Happy Cinco de Mayo!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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