Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Cinco de Mayo and the Civil War in the news, Update More articles

The press is reporting on the Civil War origins of the holiday Cinco de Mayo and its anti-Confederate origins. The following are some links which I will add to.

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_20517077/marcela-davison-aviles-link-between-cinco-de-mayo

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/04/18/2313672/author-explains-cinco-de-mayo.html

http://latinola.com/story.php?story=10645

The coverage of Dr. Hayes-Bautista's new book has been tremendous.

Associated Press

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jiNynw9VAxhp03X5ZLByq3iUEyXQ?docId=393b41297baf4cd48bbee011364c805e

Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/cinco-de-mayo-_-not-mexican-independence-day-_-holiday-with-us-civil-war-civil-rights-roots/2012/05/02/gIQAgJXpwT_story.html


This is from the LA Weekly:

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/05/cinco_de_mayo_history_california.php

This is from CNN

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-05-05/us/us_cinco-de-mayo-origins_1_mexican-army-french-army-california-and-oregon?_s=PM:US

This is from UPI

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/05/05/Historian-Cinco-de-Mayo-has-roots-in-US/UPI-35091336228138/?spt=hs&or=on

From Tuscon

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050512_cinco_de_mayo/the-facts-cinco-de-mayo/

From the New York Times, Hayes-Bautista is mentioned as a source for this article.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/remember-remember-the-fifth-of-may/

From the Wall Street Journal,

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP393b41297baf4cd48bbee011364c805e.html

It was on numerous other media and their have been bloggers commenting on it. 

It is making the Spanish language press also.
http://www.hoylosangeles.com/news/2012/may/04/cinco-de-mayo-tradicion-americana/




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