Question One
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on May 5th in all parts of the United States and also in Mexico where the real events took place. Cinco de Mayo is Spanish name that represent May fifth but in English the name is translated as the day of Puebla battle (Beans & Rawls 34). Mexico was formerly known as Puebla and this day therefore represent the day Mexican became free after overcoming the French forces which took place on May fifth 1862 (Ajoke 194). However, unlike what many people believe, Cinco de Mayo is not the Mexican independent day but an ...