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Local Eats: Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is here, with May 5 offerings at area businesses.

 

Where, and how, should local residents celebrate Cinco de Mayo?

These photographs give testament to the advertising under way for the holiday that celebrates the Mexican army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War, according to History.com.

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Noted as "a relatively minor holiday in Mexico," the report addresses how in the United States, "Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, particularly in areas with large Mexican-American populations."

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