05/05/2023
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This week's theme: Cinco de Mayo

I see where Cinco de Mayo falls on May 5 this year.

(Okay - silly joke - but I still like it :-)

Like most Americans I know virtually NOTHING about Mexican history - or 
Canadian history either for that matter.

I "Remember the Alamo" - thanks to that old John Wayne movie.

And I know we had a war with Mexico where we grabbed about 1/3 of their 
country - that's why all the cities in the Southwest have Spanish names like 
Santa Fe, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco - but I'm not sure when 
that was exactly.

Anyway, Cinco de Mayo commemorates a Mexican victory over the French.

Wait - the French? Where did they come from?

Ya, ya, I know, France - that's not what I meant.

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When I was a kid, there weren't any Mexican restaurants here in Minnesota.

I remember on a trip to California, in 1970, seeing a taco stand with 
"tacos", "burritos" and "enchiladas" written all over it and I had no idea 
what any of those were.

Of course I'd never had Brussels sprouts by then either :-)

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I read somewhere, a long time ago, that most illegal aliens here in 
Minnesota are actually Canadians not Mexicans.

They sneak across the border, Eh?

And blend right in, Eh?

I mean, you can't really tell who is one, Eh?

And who isn't, Eh?

It could be anybody, Eh?

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Battle of the Alamo (1836)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo

Mexican–American War (1846-1848)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

Cinco de Mayo (Battle of Puebla 1862)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo


Stay Jazzed!
--Tom Swezey



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