Cinco_De_Mayo

Cinco De Mayo Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Mexican Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more by Latinos in the United States, as opposed to 16 de Septiembre (September 16th), which is the day that celebrates Mexican Independence from Spain, and is the day that is celebrated in Mexico as Mexican Independence Day. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the first leader of the Mexican revolt against Spanish rule, is known as the father of Mexican independence. Abandoning academic life in the early 1790s, Hidalgo served as the pastor of several central Mexican parishes. He made most of these parishes into centers of cultural life mexican, independence, de, day, mayo, celebrated, spain, mexico, cinco, army, spanish, pastor, parishes, life, hidalgo, french, economic, dolores, celebrates, 16, united, town, states, sometimes, several, served, septiembre, september, sept, rule, revolt, referred, rebellion, puebla, prohibited, proclaimed