Happy Cinco De Mayo

[Southstander]

To bad I cant share the enchiladas I'm making. MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

They look good!

[jetrazor74]

Buenos suerte!!!

[Sparky The Sun Devil]

menudo ftw

[*Atwater*]

menudo ftw

:dance:

[JakeNbake]

It was an okay drinko day mayo

[Charlie Brown]

... it's the day the Mexican people rose up and defeated the French army sent by Louis Napoleon III to prop up Maximilian Hapsburg as Emperor of Mexico. Benito Juarez was a major leader in the effort to kick the French out of Mexico.

The US wasn't able to intervene as per the Monroe Doctrine due to the Civil War. This Mexican Revolution succeeeded soon after the end of the American Civil War.

!Viva la Revolucion!

Actually, you are incorrect.

Mexico did win that battle. But they lost the war. Max became Emperor of Mexico. The Battle of Puebla can best be described as having the same effect on the Mexican populace as the Battle of Thermopylae had on Greeks. As in after both battles the populace rose up and drove out the foreigner.