Date: 2010-05-06 06:36 am (UTC)
Yes, it is profoundly ignorant to think that May 5th is "Mexican Independence Day". To the extent there is any truth in that belief, it is the more nuanced sense that the Battle of Puebla encouraged European powers to acknowledge Mexico as a "legitimate" country, especially England who was glad that France's nose had been tweaked, even though they were France's ally in the Franco-Mexican War . . . but people who think Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day are almost entirely unaware that there was even a Franco-Mexican War in the first place!
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