00:00Every May, Americans say something like,
00:02Remember how much fun St. Patrick's Day was?
00:05Yeah! How about we do that again?
00:07Have you always wondered how Cinco de Mayo became an American holiday?
00:11Let's rewind to May 5th, 1862.
00:14Mexico is facing off against the mighty invading French Army.
00:18General Ignacio Zaragoza said,
00:21Gentlemen, we may not have much, but we do have home field advantage.
00:25And a really good lunch planned after this.
00:28And against all odds, Mexico won.
00:31So how did this turn into a full-blown American fiesta?
00:35Fast forward to the 1970s and to the beer companies.
00:38Okay, people, we got spring break and then summertime.
00:41But there's this huge gap in between.
00:43Well, there is this thing they do in Puebla, Mexico.
00:46Is there beer involved?
00:48I don't think so.
00:49Well, there is now.
00:51And just like that, Cinco de Mayo was off and running.
00:56Always wondered.
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