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FELIZ 5 DE MAYO!!!! Anyone gonna celebrate 5 De Mayo tonight? I was going to, but its pouring outside Im hoping it will clear up. I want to celebrate at "El Cholo Restaurant" in LA.....some of you might know where this is located.....They have the BEST food, and awsome drinks
here's the link, if you want to read the menu!!! It will make your mouth water!!!! http://www.elcholocafe.com [Edited 5/5/05 13:52pm] Say it's just a dream...
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No sé ¿cuál es speciál del 5 de Mayo?
Hope that Spanish made sense.. | |
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Spookymuffin said: No sé ¿cuál es speciál del 5 de Mayo?
Hope that Spanish made sense.. made enough sense.....here ya go!!!! The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico. So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862. The French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left. The French, however, had different ideas. Under Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay. They brought a Hapsburg prince with them to rule the new Mexican empire. His name was Maximilian; his wife, Carolota. Napoleon's French Army had not been defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico with the finest modern equipment and with a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion. The French were not afraid of anyone, especially since the United States was embroiled in its own Civil War. The French Army left the port of Vera Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the French assumed that the Mexicans would give up should their capital fall to the enemy -- as European countries traditionally did. Under the command of Texas-born General Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexicans awaited. Brightly dressed French Dragoons led the enemy columns. The Mexican Army was less stylish. General Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to take his cavalry, the best in the world, out to the French flanks. In response, the French did a most stupid thing; they sent their cavalry off to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to butcher them. The remaining French infantrymen charged the Mexican defenders through sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred up by Indians armed only with machetes. When the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their cavalry was being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles away. The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. This grand army smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the Civil War. Union forces were then rushed to the Texas/Mexican border under General Phil Sheridan, who made sure that the Mexicans got all the weapons and ammunition they needed to expel the French. American soldiers were discharged with their uniforms and rifles if they promised to join the Mexican Army to fight the French. The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico, City. It might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862. But who knows? In gratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces. As recently as the Persian Gulf War, Mexicans flooded American consulates with phone calls, trying to join up and fight another war for America. Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862. VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!! Say it's just a dream...
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amorbella said: Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans.
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amorbella said: Spookymuffin said: No sé ¿cuál es speciál del 5 de Mayo?
Hope that Spanish made sense.. made enough sense.....here ya go!!!! [loads of writing] muy emocionante. | |
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I thought you were asking for the menu | |
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PANDURITO said: I thought you were asking for the menu
I thought he said.....dont know...whats so special about 5 de mayo? Say it's just a dream...
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amorbella said: "El Cholo Restaurant" in LA.....
I thought you said you were going to El Culo restuarant. | |
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2the9s said: amorbella said: "El Cholo Restaurant" in LA.....
I thought you said you were going to El Culo restuarant. u are such a FOOL Say it's just a dream...
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amorbella said: 2the9s said: I thought you said you were going to El Culo restuarant. u are such a FOOL Great I'm trying to watch what I eat and now I'm tempted to go to MY favorite Mexican restaurant EL BURRO. M MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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I am going out for the evening to celebrate with friends and now I don't feel well!
I am so pissed | |
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weather has cleared up and we hae had a change of plans.....
Beautiful Santa Barbara we go!!!! Rose cafe for dinner, then Club 624and or Q's for dancing..... Say it's just a dream...
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I celebrated at El Chavo in Silver Lake (my 'hood)
Viva la raza! y via con dios! VOTE....EARLY | |
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happy cinco de mayo, y'all.
my spanish isn't that good but muchas más celebraciones a venir, i hope that is right, i wanted 2 say many more celebrations 2 come. Gracias MAd | |
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DiminutiveRocker said: I celebrated at El Chavo in Silver Lake (my 'hood)
Viva la raza! y via con dios! Hi D.R., I hope everything is well. You know I love me some Silver Lake!!!!! I hope to be down for Sunset Junction this year! Yey!!! M MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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MIGUELGOMEZ said: DiminutiveRocker said: I celebrated at El Chavo in Silver Lake (my 'hood)
Viva la raza! y via con dios! Hi D.R., I hope everything is well. You know I love me some Silver Lake!!!!! I hope to be down for Sunset Junction this year! Yey!!! M Hola, mi amigo! Hope you had a margarita yesterday... or any day! We are so hanging out if you come down for SJ! VOTE....EARLY | |
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FELIZ SEIS DE MAYO!!! | |
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