Message Forum: Re: Cinco de Mayo, aka Derby Day

Re: Cinco de Mayo, aka Derby Day

Posted By: gabby, on host 208.151.236.187
Date: Monday, May 6, 2002, at 13:52:52
In Reply To: Re: Cinco de Mayo, aka Derby Day posted by uselessness on Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 13:34:10:

> It seems to me that battle reinactments would be a tad more appropriate for the occasion.

The battle was a very minor one, where the residents of the town of Puebla beat back part of the French army with stones and pitchforks and stuff. The French retreated, then promptly returned with a bunch more soldiers and killed everybody. The Mexicans obviously celebrate just the first part.

gab"Celebrated here"by

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Message:	> > It seems to me that battle reinactments would be a tad more appropriate for the occasion. > > The battle was a very minor one, where the residents of the town of Puebla beat back part of the French army with stones and pitchforks and stuff. The French retreated, then promptly returned with a bunch more soldiers and killed everybody. The Mexicans obviously celebrate just the first part. > > gab"Celebrated here"by
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