{"id":3296,"date":"2015-05-05T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:55:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:55:23","slug":"the-surprisingly-american-history-of-cinco-de-mayo-interactive-spanish-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2015\/05\/05\/the-surprisingly-american-history-of-cinco-de-mayo-interactive-spanish-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprisingly American History of Cinco de Mayo [Interactive Spanish Lesson]"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may be more than happy to throw back a margarita and enjoy some delicious Mexican food on Cinco de Mayo (and we don\u2019t blame you!), but do you know what actually happened on the 5th<\/sup> of May? Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not<\/em> Mexico\u2019s Independence Day and it has actually become far more popular in the United States than in Mexico. Want to know why? Learn more about the holiday and celebrate in style with some Spanish holiday vocabulary in our interactive Cinco de Mayo Spanish Lesson for Beginners<\/a>\u00a0and our full-immersion Cinco de Mayo Spanish Lesson for Intermediate Learners<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You may be more than happy to throw back a margarita and enjoy some delicious Mexican food on Cinco de Mayo (and we don\u2019t blame you!), but do you know what actually happened on the 5th of May? Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico\u2019s Independence Day and it has actually become…<\/p>\n

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