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What is Cinco de Mayo? Holiday's meaning and origins tied to famous 1862 battle
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSan Antonio, Texas: The city is sponsoring Cinco de Mayo celebrations through the holiday weekend in...
Today in History: South Africa adopts constitution guaranteeing equal rights
Chicago Tribune· 16 hours agoIn 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. In 1846, the first major...
Opinion: What’s happening in Texas is an assault on American democracy
CNN via AOL· 6 days agoThe University of Texas motto is ‘What starts here changes the world.’ After a month on campus that...
39 Landmark Buildings That Scream 'America'
MediaFeed via AOL· 28 minutes agoIt was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. kenhartlein / istockphoto 34. Presidio La Bahía, Goliad, Texas First built as a Spanish mission and...
Miss Teen USA resigns 2 days after Miss USA gave up her crown, saying her personal values 'no longer...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoSrivastava was the first Mexican Indian contestant to win Miss New Jersey...USA, while Voigt was the...
2024 Pulitzer Prizes announced: See full list of winners, nominees
USA Today· 2 days agoThe winners and nominated finalists are designated on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board...
A visual history of campus protests in the US
Stacker via AOL· 5 days agoThe events at Columbia were later called "the most powerful and effective student protest in modern American history" in< ...
'Austin has done almost nothing': Time to thank the Tonkawa for saving the capital of Texas
Austin American-Statesman· 2 days agoHouston subsequently convened the Republic of Texas Congress farther east at...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: What is Cinco de Mayo, when it is this year and why the US celebrates
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThough their army lacked supplies...surrender. France eventually ran out of artillery and lost far more troops than Mexico, resulting in their withdrawal ...
San Antonio has direct ties to Cinco de Mayo history
San Antonio Express-News· 6 days agoIn the Battle of Puebla, Mexican Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza defeated Napoleon III of France, an ally of
