The following video on YouTube is a fascinating lecture by Dr. David Hayes-Bautista of the University of California - Los Angeles about Cinco de Mayo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hyJMiu07NY
Dr. David Hayes-Bautista is the author of "Cinco de Mayo: An American Holiday." As Dr. Hayes-Bautista has explained in journal articles, Cinco de Mayo was started in California during the Civil War as a pro-Union and pro-Mexican Republic holiday. His book is part of a growing transnational view of the Civil War.
The book is going to be released May 2012 and can be pre-ordered online at online book dealers.
Starting this year Cinco de Mayo is going to be redefined as a anti-Confederate holiday.
Dr. Hayes-Bautista is very prominent and influential individual.
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