It commemorates a Mexican force’s unlikely victory over a different Western European colonial power, France, in an 1862 engagement known as the Battle of Puebla. Subsequent to its internecine ...

May 5 marks the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla. Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's victory in the 1862 Battle of Puebla on May 5. The city of Puebla is the epicenter of Cinco de Mayo ...

On May 5, 1862, a poorly equipped and significantly outnumbered force under the command of General Ignacio Zaragoza defeated French troops at the Battle of Puebla, southeast of Mexico City.

The holiday memorializing the Battle of Puebla has become ... and to commemorate a proud moment in Mexican history. On May 5, 1862, an outnumbered and untrained army of indigenous Mexicans ...

Mexico City residents take part in a traditional reenactment of the Battle of Puebla—a victory for Mexican forces that took place on the May 5, 1862, or Cinco de Mayo. Although the holiday is ...

Celebrated annually, Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's victory over the Second French Empire, led by Napoleon III, at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, hence the name. The holiday ...

Cinco de Mayo marks the anniversary of the 1862 victory by Mexican troops over invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla. The triumph over the better-equipped and much larger French troops ...

Celebrated annually, Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's victory over the Second French Empire, led by Napoleon III, at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, hence the name. The holiday ...

Cinco de Mayo, also known as the Battle of Puebla Day, is almost here. The annual celebration marks the anniversary of Mexico's victory over the French Empire in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla ...

Millions of Mexican Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which honors the Battle of Puebla of 1862, when the Mexican army defeated the French. In Detroit, thousands of people came together to mark ...