SAN JOSE, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – It’s celebration time. But first, let’s get this out of the way: Americans and people worldwide think that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day. That’s farthest from the truth. Additionally, it is not celebrated nationwide in Mexico.
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). A relatively minor holiday in Mexico, in the United States Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, particularly in areas with large Mexican-American populations. Cinco de Mayo traditions include parades, mariachi music performances and street festivals in cities and towns across Mexico and the United States.
This year, Cinco De Mayo falls on May 5th.
Let’s celebrate!
NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – When Hillary Clinton told a radio show that she always carries a bottle of hot sauce in her bag, she was accused of “pandering” to the perceived tastes of black voters.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of American currency in a century, proposing to replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the former slave and abolitionist, and to add women and civil rights leaders to the $5 and $10 notes.While Hamilton would remain on the $10, and Abraham Lincoln on the $5s, images of women would be added to the back of both .
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