The triumph over the better equipped and more numerous French troops was an enormous emotional boost for the Mexican soldiers led by Gen. A Cinco de Mayo parade will take place in Dallas on Saturday, while a Holy Guacamole Cinco de Mayo Run steps off that morning in Palisades Park in Santa Monica, California.Ĭinco de Mayo marks the anniversary of the 1862 victory by Mexican troops over invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla. With May 5 falling at the end of the work week this year, festivities are kicking off Friday evening with happy hours and pub crawls in cities including Hollywood, featuring $4 beers and two-for-one margaritas, and a boozy party aboard a yacht on Chicago’s Lake Michigan with norteño, or northern Mexico music, and ballads called corridos.Ĭelebrations are planned throughout the weekend, especially in places with large Mexican American populations, such as Los Angeles, Houston, New York, San Antonio and Washington, D.C.Ī Sunday festival in downtown Phoenix will feature performers including Los Lonely Boys, who describe their music as "Texican rock," as well as lucha libre, or wrestling matches with masked adversaries. The United Farm Workers paid homage in a tweet Friday to field workers in the U.S., who are overwhelmingly Hispanic, saying that laborers like the woman it pictured are responsible for the avocados “that make our #CincoDeMayo guacamole.” “The story of America is the story of them - and the White House is their house.” “Cinco de Mayo is a day to celebrate the resilience, culture, and heritage of generations of Mexican Americans,” President Joe Biden said Friday in a tweet. American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for the May 5 holiday that is barely celebrated south of the border. President Donald Trump's immigration policies and rhetoric are leaving some Mexican Americans and immigrants feeling at odds with a day they already thought was appropriated by beer and liquor companies, event promoters and local bars. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) Eli Hartman/AP Show More Show Less 2 of5 FILE-In this May 5, 2015, file photo, dancers from Jalisco, Mexico, perform during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Portland, Ore. 1 of5 FILE -Young Folklorico dancers from the group Viva Mexico begin their dance routine at a Cinco de Mayo celebration hosted by the Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the Odessa Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Odessa, Texas.
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