Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
drrjv@vmst.io ("DrBob, Neurologist, đź§ Mechanic") wrote:
Americans Might Love Cinco De Mayo, but Few Know What They’re Celebrating
“Sociologist David Hayes, author of “El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition,” has argued that by defeating the French at the Battle of Puebla, Mexicans prevented the French army from continuing northward toward the U.S. border, where they would have likely aided the Confederacy. So it’s possible that Mexico’s victory at the Battle of Puebla changed the course of American history.”
#CincodeMayo #mexico #france #civilwar
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/americans-might-love-cinco-de-mayo-but-few-know-what-they-re-celebrating


