Cinco de Mayo

By Christina Frescki, MBA, RDN, FAND Many people believe that Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day, but in fact, it commemorates a single battle during the Franco-Mexican War. Under General Charles Latrille de Lorencez, 6,000 French troops set out to attack Puebla de Los Angeles, a small Mexican town. The Mexican president, Benito Juárez,...

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