May 5, 2006

Cinco de Mayo!

Filed under: Almanac - Ric @ 5:03 am

Today is Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican holiday marking the defeat of French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The Mexicans were ill-equipped and outnumbered two to one, but with their general, Zaragoza, they caused 1,000 French casualties and forced a retreat to the Gulf Coast.

From the Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor
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