In this episode I discuss the history in Cinco de Mayo and why it's not a Mexican holiday. 

References

Hayes, David E. 2014. “Cinco de Mayo -- a truly Mexican American holidayIn the first parades after the 1862 Battle of Puebla, revelers who supported freedom, racial equality and democracy carried U.S. and Mexican flags side by side.” Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2014. 

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-xpm-2014-mar-05-la-oe-hayes-bautista-cinco-de-mayo-20140305-story.html.

Hayes-Bautista, David E.. El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition. Ukraine: University of California Press, 2012.