1️⃣.) Why is cinco de Mayo celebrated? 2. Wht is the difference between cinco de Mayo and Independence Day?

3.why is cinco de Mayo more popular in the United States than in Mexico?

4.)when and where was cinco de Mayo originally celebrated

5.)how is cinco de Mayo normally celebrated in Chicago?

1. Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the Mexican army's victory over France at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 during the Franco-Mexican War. ... They decided to send their troops to Mexico. However, Mexico was able to negotiate with England and Spain.

2. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day. That holiday occurs on September 16 each year, the anniversary of the Grito de Dolores, a speech and battle cry uttered by Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810 that inspired the movement that ultimately freed Mexico from Spanish rule.

3.More popular in the United States than in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

4.Cinco de Mayo was first celebrated in the United States in Southern California in 1863 as a show of solidarity with Mexico against French rule.

5.In Mexico, it's not even a federal holiday, and most of the celebratory parades and events are limited to the state of Puebla. In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is usually marked with parades and celebrations of Mexican culture, culminating with the consumption of lots of Mexican food and margaritas.

1. Cinco de Mayo, (Spanish: “Fifth of May”) also called Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, holiday celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in honour of a military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III.

2. Perhaps it would be best to state this at the beginning: Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day. ... Cinco de Mayo marks the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, a victory over the French by Mexican forces that occurred more than a half century later, on May 5, 1862.

3. More popular in the United States than in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture. Celebrations began in California, where they have been observed annually since 1863.

4. Cinco de Mayo has its roots in the Second French intervention in Mexico, which took place in the aftermath of the 1846–48 Mexican–American War and the 1858–61 Reform War.

5. Amtrak's got you covered. You'd probably never think of Chicago as your Cinco de Mayo destination but, as it turns out, Chicago is home to one of the most prominent venues for Mexican culture and art here in the U.S.: The National Museum of Mexican Art.