Cinco De Mayo: Mexican Independence Day

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Cinco de mayo
Anna Steel- pd. 3
Cinco De Mayo ( the fifth of may) is well mistaken for Mexican Independence Day, The celebration of the remembrance of how Mexico held victory over France in 1862.Even though it was Mexico's victory, Los Angeles actually has the biggest celebration than Mexico itself.
When the war started, it was over Mexico was millions of dollars i debt and had not paid back the money to the other countries Mexico had borrowed it from, leading to the French walking in On one fight between the Mexicans and Europeans, causing a bigger fight. While the French had thousands of soldiers, the Mexicans only had hundreds, but still managed to make their way through the war, and won. Before all of that though, the president of

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