Fiesta Penguin Women’s T-Shirt
May 5th 2007 by CRS in T-ShirtsOften said to be Mexico’s Indipendance Day Cinco De Mayo is not actually the correct day, while it was a victory day the true Indi Day is September 16th (my birthday. hehe).
No matter what day it was this Fiesta Penguin from LilPenguinShop is adorable and very festive!
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From Wikipedia:
“Cinco de Mayo (”The Fifth of May” in Spanish) is primarily a regional, and not a federal, holiday in Mexico; the date is observed in the United States and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. It commemorates an initial victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
However, the Mexican victory at Puebla only delayed the French invasion of Mexico City, and a year later, the French occupied Mexico. The French occupying forces placed Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico on the throne of Mexico; Maximillian and the French were eventually defeated and expelled in 1867, five years after the Battle of Puebla.
A common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day; Mexico’s Independence Day is September 16 (dieciséis de septiembre in Spanish).”
