What kind of fun day are the hispanics going to have may 1st?
368033
I guess its an excuse to piss off from work, school, etc. And throw a big party in the name of political activism.  Clever bastards.
348226
Pointless. It'll be "just another manic Monday",get up take a shower, dress, grab a cup of coffee and a granola bar and go to work, late as usual. I'll get gas on my way home, grill some chicken out on the deck and chill out. That boycott won't affect anyone except the communities the illegals themselves live in. Sorta like shooting yourself in the foot. The Spanglish Anthem was just another nail in their coffin, May 1st will be their funeral. I'll sit back and watch it on TV and LMAO!! Great entertainment.
521688
Cinco de Mayo, or maybe about Dia de los Muertos.  If it doesn't have to be on a theme related to the class, though, you could try doing it on something that really interests you, or that you know alot about.
445875
I don't recall being expeceted to celebrate Cinco de Mayo...in fact in most of Mexico it's not celebrated.  It's basically another American excuse to get drunk and stupid, much like St. Patrick's Day has become.  Among my Mexican friends, the only one who is "celebrating" the fifth is doing so by spending the evening bussing tables at a Mexican restaurant to accomodate the influx of Corona-drinking, salsa spilling gringos.  I'll be spending Cinco anywhere BUT in a Mexican restaurant.
573423
I will probably go to my local Mexican cantina and whoop it up with my Mexican brothers and sisters, eat carne asada and drink Corona. It is a FIESTA!, anything but focus on the recent immigration debate, that can be done on another day.
261262
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. \n\nSo, 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. \n\nThe 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. \n\nUnder 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. \n\nThe 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. \n\nUnder 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. \n\nGeneral 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. \n\nWhen 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. \n\nUnion 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. \n\nIt 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? \n\nIn 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. \n\nMexicans, 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!!
628071
In naming a national holiday, You got it!  To write about the fifth day of May, it would be cinco de Mayo.
305658
Sunday, May 14, 2006.  Have fun!
955365
Are you Hispanic or attending an Hispanic party? What would be inappropriate about a pinata? There are some made for the occasion, although it is mostly a birthday theme.
723464
not sure...but if its really happening, its bullshyt and will cause a huge backlash toward the ILLEGAL hispanic community......damned beaners
95034
May 5.  Specifically, the holiday that celebrates the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla.
548866
There are different kinds of hispanic cultures.I am from Panama. My family are free spirited. We have family gatherings with spanish music and dancing. Eating tradition Panamanian food.
418702
Ano Nuevo = New Years\nPasqua = Easter\nDia de dar Gracias = Thanksgiving\nNavidad = Christmas\nViernes Santo = Good Friday\nDia de Trabajadores = Labor Day\nCinco de Mayo = May 5th (Mexican Independence Day)\nDia de las Madres = Mother's day \nDia de los Padres = Father's Day\nDia de los Muertos = Halloween\nDia de San Valentin = Valentine's Day\nQuatro de Julio = 4th of July
716943
is their holy day may the fourth
593797
May 1st (or may day) is labor day or international worker day, it's held in several countries, not just México.\n\nMay 5th is the celebration of Puebla's battle, when Zaragoza beat the frenchs with a smaller army in some fortress in Puebla state, some compare this historic moment with El Alamo battle in the US. Since it's the same story, Zaragoza won battle, but lost the war. So, it's more like a celebration of the courage of a few to defend the country.\n\n---\nDani, Mexican independence was proclaimed in Sept. 16 of 1810 (the civil war started) and was recognize, through the Tratado de Córdoba, and promulgated in August 24 of 1821. May 5th is the battle of Puebla celebration.
367319
There are sometimes festivals on/for Cinco de Mayo.  The literal translation is 5th of May.  It is one of Mexico's independence days (I believe they celebrate two).
252705
Go Hispanics!!!!!!!!! I support this, I am white and what?? All my friends are Hispanics and they are not trash or alliens or drug addicts or anything they say about them. I wish I could be at the Protest to help out!!! We shoould start one here in Chicago!! We support immigrants