Cinco de Mayo is the fifth day of May It is a fiesta day in the United States and in Mexico On a fiesta day everyone celebrates Cinco de Mayo is when people remember an amazing battle that took place more than 100 years ago
The story of Cinco de Mayo is a story of courage It is a story of Mexican soldiers who changed history by beating the strongest army on Earth It is a story of the people of Mexico and the United States working together
Two Presidents and an Emperor 1861 Mexico was tired of war For hundreds of years Spain had ruled Mexico Many Mexican people had lost their lives fighting to get rid of the Spanish The Spanish left in 1821 In the 1840s a new war broke out between Mexico and the United States Mexico lost half its land Now in 1861 the Mexican people were finally free They had a president who was Mexican He came from a tribe of Indians called the Zapotecs His name was Benito Juárez
