WAKE N BAKE : CINCO DE MAYO PARTY

 In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is a happy, popular and exceptionally vague celebration of Latino culture. In Mexico, and especially in the historic state capital, the celebration is mostly a martial one — with jet flyovers and a military parade — to commemorate the Mexican army’s decisive victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Little realized fact, however, the pursuing Mexican army was then contained by the French at Orizaba, Veracruz, on the 14th of  June, YES a month later.   Tampico, Tamaulipas &  Xalapa, Veracruz, taken by 12th of December, 1862.