Friday, August 18, 2023
Cinco de 'Merica
Most people don’t know about the origins of Cinco de Mayo, the American holiday celebrating the Mexican heritage of a great many Southern and Southwestern citizens. As a person intrigued by and enamored of history in general, I recognize that those of us in the Southwestern states understand that our lands have a strong Mexican influence; many Mexican pueblos existed here prior to the landing of the Mayflower, or concurrent to it, including Pueblo, Colorado. That does not give anyone license to illegally jump the border any more than America’s defeat of Mexico in 1846 gives one the right to jump the border and claim some part of Mexico as reparations.
