you'll want to get your holidays straight: Today isn't Mexican Independence Day. So how did a battle against one country (France) more than fifty years after the country declared its independence against another country (Spain) become so popular? As in the United States, Mexico struggled to find its footing as a new country. In the mid-1860s, the Union and the Confederacy officially stopped fighting, putting an end to the United States Civil War. Today, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated throughout the United States perhaps more than in Mexico.

Source: Forbes May 05, 2018 12:22 UTC