5 de Mayo

Attached article deals with Americans’ lack of knowledge about neighboring Mexico. It includes misperceptions about Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, not Mexican independence.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/88899/a-short-history-of-cinco-de-mayo-for-everyone-who-still-thinks-it-s-mexican-independence-day