Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale
Los gringos y los pochos think it's Mexican Independence Day. ¡No! El Grito de Dolores del 16 de septiembre de 1810 era el pronunciamiento de la guerra por la independencia mexicana. El Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army's upset victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on 5 May 1862. It deserves to be celebrated by all Americans, not just those of Mexican descent. The outcome of the Battle of Puebla caused Mexico to become the all-consuming focus of French foreign policy for the next five years. With much of his army tied down in Mexico, Napoleon III backed away from considering intervention in the American Civil War on the side of the Confederacy with the objective of dismembering the United States. Following the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865, a resurgent United States recommitted itself to enforcing the Monroe Doctrine against European intervention in the Americas, obliging Napoleon III to withdraw his support of Emperor Maximillian in 1867. The Mexican republic was restored.
¡Todos somos uno! ¡Viva México! ¡Viva America! ¡Viva la libertad!
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