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Cinco de Mayo is Sunday. What to know about the Mexican holiday that became popular in US
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoOn Sept. 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church’s bell and called for the end of ...
Robert Kagan Takes the Long View on Trumpism
New York Times· 15 hours agoIf historians could show the dynamic interaction of people in a society the way George Eliot does, we’d have a much better understanding of humanity. American historians often ...
Two faces of war: America 1861, Spain 1812
Smoky Mountain News· 1 day agoHere lifelong Civil War historian Emory Thomas, professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, examines the principal figures and events of a year...
Cinco de Mayo in California has evolved and endures as an important reason to celebrate
San Bernardino Sun· 9 hours agoDr. Lily Rivera’s essay, “Cinco de Mayo: A Battle for Recognition” summarizes the basis for the...
Galvez Day is coming! Who's Galvez? Pensacola knows. Finally.
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoContinental Army forces "might not have been able to end the war as quickly if not for what Galvez was doing to the British, starting...Washler, president of the Pensacola ...
Today in History: May 8, South Africa adopts constitution guaranteeing equal rights
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoAfrica took another step from apartheid to democracy by adopting a constitution that guaranteed equal rights for Blacks and whites. In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto ...
Cinco De Mayo 2024: Where to score all-you-can-eat tacos, free tequila shots in Pensacola
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoPerennial: DJ music from 2-6 p.m., Spanish Happy Meal, $6 house margaritas and $5 tequila shots. La...
Redlands soldier served on many battle fronts
Redlands Daily Facts· 3 days agoGen. Henry W. Lawton may be the greatest American military hero you’ve never heard about. “General Lawton was … a primal man, if gigantic size,...
Cinco de Mayo Celebrates What? Marketing Leads to Confusion | Entrepreneur
Entrpreneur· 1 day agoCinco de Mayo is around the corner — do you know what it actually celebrates? Forty-one percent of...
100-mile US glide bombs fail in Ukraine
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMuch-vaunted US-supplied glide bombs given to Ukraine “didn’t work” due to a combination of mud and Russian signal jamming, the Pentagon has admitted.
