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History of Cinco de Mayo:

During a period of struggle Mexico had accumulated heavy debts to
several nations, including Spain, England and France, who were
demanding repayment. Similar debt to the U.S. was previously
settled after the Mexican-American War. France was eager to expand
its empire at that time, and used the debt issue to move forward
with goals of establishing its own leadership in Mexico. Realizing
France's intent of empire expansion, Spain and England withdrew
their support. When Mexico finally stopped making any loan payments
France took action on its own to install Napoleon III's relative,
Archduke Maximilian of Austria, as ruler of Mexico.

France invaded at the gulf coast of Mexico along the state of
Veracruz and began to march toward Mexico City, a distance today of
less than 600 miles. Although American President Abraham Lincoln
was sympathetic to Mexico's cause, and for which he is honored in
Mexico, the U.S. was involved in its own Civil War at the time and
was unable to provide any direct assistance.

Marching on toward Mexico City, the French army encountered strong
resistance near Puebla at the Mexican forts of Loreto and
Guadalupe. Lead by Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin, a
smaller, poorly armed militia estimated at 4,500 men were able to
stop and defeat a well outfitted French army of 6,500 soldiers,
which stopped the invasion of the country. The victory was a
glorious moment for Mexican patriots, which at the time helped to
develop a needed sense of national unity, and is the cause for the
historical date's celebration.

Unfortunately, the victory was short lived. Upon hearing the bad
news, Napoleon III had found an excuse to send more troops overseas
to try and invade Mexico again, even against the wishes of the
French populace. 30,000 more troops and a full year later, the
French were eventually able to depose the Mexican army, take over
Mexico City and install Maximilian as the ruler of Mexico.

Maximilian's rule of Mexico was also short lived, from 1864 to
1867. With the American Civil War now over, the U.S. began to
provide more political and military assistance to Mexico to expel
the French, after which Maximilian was executed by the Mexicans -
his bullet riddled shirt is kept at the museum at Chapultepec
Castle in Mexico City. So despite the eventual French invasion of
Mexico City, Cinco de Mayo honors the bravery and victory of
General Zaragoza's smaller, outnumbered militia at the Battle of
Puebla in 1862.

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