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Teaching Students Why Cinco de Mayo Matters for Our Democracy
As we raised our margarita glasses and dipped into guacamole on Cinco de Mayo, most of us weren’t thinking about why this celebration even matters. Cinco de Mayo commemorates a Mexican victory over French invaders, but May 5, 1862, is also an important day for the United States. On that day, our country was in...
By Emma Otheguy | May 6, 2025