apparently, Cinco de Mayo was first celebrated here in California in the 1860s as a protest to French rule in Mexico. and then it morphed over the years as a day to generally celebrate Mexican-American culture and history...
... aka get $2 Coronas and eat tacos. it's pretty much like St Patrick's Day here and how that's an excuse to eat corned beef and cabbage and drink green beer.
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apparently, Cinco de Mayo was first celebrated here in California in the 1860s as a protest to French rule in Mexico. and then it morphed over the years as a day to generally celebrate Mexican-American culture and history...
... aka get $2 Coronas and eat tacos. it's pretty much like St Patrick's Day here and how that's an excuse to eat corned beef and cabbage and drink green beer.