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Cinco de Mayo, which means “Fifth of May” in Spanish, is also more formally known as the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla.

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The parade will have reenactors, equipment and more from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish-American War ... patriots died for the cause of Independence. We owe our freedom to them and ...

On Sept. 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church’s bell and called for the end of Spanish rule. This started the Mexican War of Independence, which lasted over a decade, according ...