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#CincoDeMayo

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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

Americans Might Love Cinco De Mayo, but Few Know What They’re Celebrating

“Sociologist David Hayes, author of “El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition,” has argued that by defeating the French at the Battle of Puebla, Mexicans prevented the French army from continuing northward toward the U.S. border, where they would have likely aided the Confederacy. So it’s possible that Mexico’s victory at the Battle of Puebla changed the course of American history.”

#CincodeMayo #mexico #france #civilwar
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Text Shot: The Battle of Puebla took place on May 5, 1862, when the Mexican Army, led by Commander General Ignacio Zaragoza, repelled attacks by the French army on the city of Puebla, located about 70 miles southeast of Mexico City. It was a small but inspirational victory for Mexico, and four days later, on May 9, 1862, Juárez declared Cinco de Mayo a national holiday. Even though the French would eventually defeat the Mexican Army and take control of the country under the short-lived Second Mexican Empire, which lasted from 1864 to 1867, the victory in the Battle of Puebla sent a powerful message to the rest of the world.
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MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:

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#DaveNeal #TheRushHour two

1 min. mark: Dave explains #CincoDeMayo

3.48 min mark: Mr Patel shopped for Tilenol in #Georgia. A child almost fell and he grabbed the child to prevent the baby from falling. 6 May 2025 bond hearing. Why? He's in jail, charged with kidnapping. 19 march, he's seen on video. He didn't run away with the kid. It seems like something's wrong here!! Many are saying this is #racism.

12.34min mark #DavePortnoy, who is Jewish himself, had to deal with an ugly antisemitic incident in one of many pubs he owns. Not sure what problem the media has with properly interacting with him.

24.41 min. mark: Trump nonsense: #TariffsOnFilms #Dotard47
25.45 min. mark: #journalist #RyanGrim on how #tariffs are uniting Asian nations to to come to an agreement and cooperate together. The USA is becoming more and more isolated.

29.23 min mark #Dotard47 wants to open up...wait for it...#Alcatraz. FUCKING moron

31.15min mark: #ApartheidIsrael's plan steal the ntire #GazaStrip #Genocide #Colonisation #FreePalestineNOW 🇵🇸

The late #PopeFrancis wanted his Pope mobile to go to #Gaza to be used to help with #humanitarianaid

YouTubeBlake Lively PR Strategy Finally Revealed - How Her Strategy Differs From Barstool Crisis PRBy Dave Neal
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Laura G, Sassy 70’s

By Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Self Portrait on the Border between Mexico and the United States of America, 1932, oil on metal, 11 3/4" X 13 1/2" (31 × 35 cm), private collection. #arthistory #cincodemayo #womanartist #womenartists #mexicanartists

From PBS, discussing the film The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo, written directed by Amy Stechler: ‘In 1930, when Diego [Rivera, her husband] received several commissions to paint murals in the United States, the couple packed their bags and headed north. At the end of four years, Diego remained content in his American surroundings, but Frida was homesick and miserable. Her experience living in "Gringolandia" inspired the painting, Self-portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States.”

From Byron’s Muse on WordPress: “In the middle of the painting is the twenty-five year old Frida dressed in a pretty pink gown and white mittens. A cigarette in one hand and a Mexican flag in the other. On the left is an idealised landscape of Mexico… On the left is a world led by the forces of nature, the power of sun, rain and soil. The fertile soil which gives birth to vibrant flowers and cactuses, their roots are deep and hard to pull out, just as Frida’s art was deeply rooted in the traditions of her homeland. Ruins of a temple and statues of ancient Gods represent the pre-Columbian Mexico. The sun and the moon represent the ancient gods of Mexico; Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca. On the right is the industrial landscape; skyscrapers and tall factory chimneys; their smoke is slightly obscuring the flag of the United States and there are no clouds on the sky, the dirty chimney smoke has concealed them all. The word Ford is written on the four factory chimneys. There is an obvious contrast between the natural and artificial in the manner in which the buildings were made, ancient temples, although made by humans, were made from natural material, and are therefore still connected to the earth and nature.”
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