First of all, I have to post my favorite Cinco de Mayo picture...
Get it?
Second, I must break some news to you that you might find quite surprising.
Cinco de Mayo IS NOT Mexican Independence Day.
{sigh} That's a relief. It's been a heavy burden on my shoulders for a long time.
While we celebrate Cinco de Mayo all across the United States, it's only celebrated in the state of Puebla in Mexico. That's because Puebla is where it all "went down". In the Battle of Puebla, 6000 well-armed French troops lost to 2,000 "rag-tag" Mexican army in 1862. Mexican Independence from Spain was declared about 50 years earlier on September 16, 1810.
Cinco de Mayo has become a Mexican pride celebration here in the United States. Being a quarter Mexican, I'm all for that!
Here's some sites to help you celebrate Mexico and all things Mexican.
Apples 4 the Teacher
Eclectic Education
Mr. Donn
Teacher Planet
Scholastic
ABC Teach
DLTK-Kids
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Viva la raza!!
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May? I can't believe it's May already!!
Here are some celebrations to use for the month of May.
May
1---Mother Goose Day
3---National Day of Prayer
4---International Firefighters' Day and International Tuba Day
5---Cinco de Mayo
6---National Nurses Day
8---Harry Truman born 1884
9---National Train Day
12--Limerick Day and Florence Nightingale born 1820
13--Mother's Day
14--Lewis and Clark began their expedition in 1803 and Dance Like a Chicken Day
15--National Chocolate Chip Day
17--National Cherry Cobbler Day
18--Endangered Species Day
19--Armed Forces Day
20--Pick Strawberries Day
22--Mary Cassatt born 1844
24--National Escargot Day
26--International Jazz Day and Sally Ride Day (1st woman in space)
28--Memorial Day
29--John Kennedy born 1917
31--National Macaroon Day
