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No. It is mostly a local celebration, held in the city of Puebla, where the Battle of Puebla (May 5, 1862) took place.

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No, but it is celebrated within the Mexican-American community.

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Is Cinco de mayo is a national holiday?

Cinco de Mayo is a national holiday in Mexico. Though it is not a national holiday in the United States. it is widely celebrated.


How did Mexico earn the holiday Cinco de Mayo?

When they earned fredom from Spain.


What is the holiday that marks Mexico's defeat against the french?

Cinco de Mayo


What patriotic holiday is Cinco de Mayo usually mistaken for?

Cinco de Mayo is often mistaken for Mexico's Independence Day, which is September 16.


Does Venezuela celebrate Cinco de Mayo?

No, Cinco de Mayo is not a holiday traditionally celebrated in Peru.


Cinco de Mayo is a holiday now celebrated throughout America. It originated in?

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What US state did the holiday Cinco De Mayo start in?

I am not sure exactly what town it started in but I do know that Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla where it was first held, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico.


Is the Cinco de Mayo the independence of Mexico?

Cinco the Mayo is not Mexico's Independence day, which is September 16.


What year did cinco de mayo start?

Well, Cinco de Mayo means in Spanish the 5th of May, but the Battle of Puebla which the holiday commemorates happened in 1862.


What country did Cinco de Mayo come from?

Cinco de Mayo is Spanish for the 5th of May. On this day in 1862 the Mexican Army of 4000 men beat a French army of 8000 at Puebla in Mexico. However it is a completely different holiday than Mexican Independence


Is there a holiday in many?

Cinco De Mayo


What is a holiday in spanish?

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